Sir Arthur Lewis : a biography
Ingham, Barbara2013
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Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics.Subject: This biography illustrates the life of Sir Arthur Lewis from his early years in St Lucia to his life in Manchester, the first Afro-Caribbean to be a professor at a British university. He was also the first Black man to win the Nobel Prize for Economics.
Main title:
Sir Arthur Lewis : a biography / Barbara Ingham and Paul Mosley.
Author:
Ingham, Barbara, authorMosley, Paul, author
Imprint:
Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Collation:
x, 342 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780230553583 (hbk)
Dewey class:
330.092HI.1.04
Local class:
HI.1.04/INGMAN/HI.3/ING
Language:
English
BRN:
1227936