Academic Economics in Holland 1800–1870, 1969
Studies of Social Life Series, Vol. 13

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I. Introduction.- II. The Dutch Economy: 1600–1870.- III. King William I, Van Hogendorp, and Dutch Economic Policy in the early Nineteenth Century.- The Economic Ideas of William I (1772–1843).- The Economic Ideas of Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834).- IV. The Structure of higher Education in Holland during the Nineteenth Century.- V. The Human Context of the Development of Economics.- Academic Economists.- Contributors who were not Economists.- VI. Dutch Economic Thought 1800–1870: Its Nature.- Policy-oriented Writings.- VII. The Impact of Foreign Schools on Dutch Economic Thought.- Brief illustrations of Dutch Economic Thought during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.- Foreign Influences on Dutch Economists during the nineteenth Century.- Some Generalizations about the Foreign Impact on Dutch Economic Thought.- VIII. Summary and Interpretation.- The Conflict between Law and Economics.- Status of Academic Economics versus that of Economics as a Profession.- The Policy-Orientedness of Dutch Economics.- The Emphasis of Dutch Economists on Popularization.- The Effect of the Cleavage between Economics and Law upon Conceptions of the Role of Theory.- Appendix A.- Selected Bibliography.