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Measurement and Meaning in Economics: The Essential Deirdre ...

Measurement and Meaning in Economics: The Essential Deirdre ...

Deirdre N. McCloskey

This essential book collects together, for the first time, the writings of Deirdre McCloskey on economic history and the rhetoric of economics.
Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, ...

Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, ...

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argues in the concluding volume of her trilogy celebrating the oft-derided virtues of the bourgeoisie.
Crossing: A Memoir

Crossing: A Memoir

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Crossing is the story of Deirdre McCloskey (formerly Donald), once a golden boy of conservative economics and a child of 1950s and 1960s privilege, and her dramatic and poignant journey to becoming a woman.
Crossing: A Memoir

Crossing: A Memoir

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Crossing is the story of Deirdre McCloskey (formerly Donald), once a golden boy of conservative economics and a child of 1950s and 1960s privilege, and her dramatic and poignant journey to becoming a woman.
How to be Human*: *though an Economist

How to be Human*: *though an Economist

Deirdre N. McCloskey

A witty and thoughtful romp through the profession and practice of economics
Economical Writing: Second Edition

Economical Writing: Second Edition

Deirdre N. McCloskey

A valuable short guide for mastering the craft of academic writing!
The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce

The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce

Deirdre N. McCloskey

High Noon, Kant, Bill Murray, the modern novel, van Gogh, and of course economics and the economy all come into play in a book that can only be described as a monumental project and a life’s work.
The Rhetoric of Economics

The Rhetoric of Economics

Deirdre N. McCloskey

A classic in its field, this pathbreaking book humanized the scientific rhetoric of economics to reveal its literary soul.
If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise

If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise

Deirdre N. McCloskey

If You're So Smart will engage, enlighten, and empower anyone trying to evaluate the experts who stand ready to engineer our lives. "Writing with delicious wit and great seriousness."—Publishers Weekly.
Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World

Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World

Deirdre N. McCloskey

In a book that looks at the birth of the industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism in the 17th and 18th centuries, the author argues that economic change--including change today--depends less on foreign trade, investment or material ...
Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey

Jill C. Wheeler

To learn more about Robert McCloskey, visit ABDO Publishing Company on the World Wide Web at www.abdopub.com. Web sites about Robert McCloskey are featured on our Book Links page. These links are routinely monitored and ...
Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price

Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price

Robert McCloskey

They are unmistakenably alive. Like Mr. McCloskey himself, they are perpetually amused by the everyday hazards and discrepancies around them.
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey: Teacher Guide

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey: Teacher Guide

Gloria Levine

The comic genius of McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America kept readers in stitches for generations.
Homer Price

Homer Price

Robert McCloskey

The comic genius of Robert McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America has kept readers in stitches for generations!
Economics As Discourse: An Analysis of the Language of ...

Economics As Discourse: An Analysis of the Language of ...

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“The Rhetoric of Economists: A Comment on McCloskey.” Journal of Economic Literature 22 (June):575-578. Coats, A.W. 1988. “Economic Rhetoric: The Social and Historical Context.” In Arjo Klamer, Donald N. McCloskey, and Robert M.
Second Thoughts

Second Thoughts

Donald N. Mccloskey

Donald N. Mccloskey. "In Second Thoughts, some of America's leading economic historians tell us what lessons should have been learned from the past to guide us in matters of current public policy. . . . Economic history was never such fun.
The Philosophy of Economics: An Anthology

The Philosophy of Economics: An Anthology

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DONALD N. McCLOSKEY Donald N. McCloskey (1942- ) is Director of the Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry and Professor of Economics and of History at the University of Iowa. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and in addition to ...
Deirdre's Tale

Deirdre's Tale

Jennifer Campbell

In the wilderness of 1720's New Hampshire, Deirdre McGregor struggles to find her place in a male dominated world and at Brewster Tavern, danger lurks, in the form of pirate captain, Alberto Garcia, who has designs on her lush, young body.
Devising Performance: A Critical History

Devising Performance: A Critical History

Deirdre Heddon

A Critical History Deirdre Heddon, Jane Milling. Devising Performance A Critical History Revised Edition DEIRDRE HEDDON AND JANE MILLING © Deirdre Heddon and Jane Milling 2016 All rights reserved.
The American Supreme Court, Sixth Edition

The American Supreme Court, Sixth Edition

Robert G. McCloskey

In this new edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey’s magisterial treatment to address developments since the 2010 election, including the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act, the Affordable Care Act, and ...
Soldier Boys

Soldier Boys

Deirdre Savoy

Soldier Boys consists of four novellas that celebrate courage, honor, and appeal of Military men. In Deirdre Savoy's Fleet Week, a sexy songstress falls head over heels for a sexy younger Marine.
Jung: uma biografia, vol. 1

Jung: uma biografia, vol. 1

Deirdre Bair

Deirdre Bair toma o psicólogo suíço Carl Gustav Jung como tema de seu 'Jung, uma biografia'. O livro é fruto de cerca de oito anos de pesquisa, lidando com farta e por vezes inédita documentação.
One Morning in Maine

One Morning in Maine

Robert McCloskey

A Caldecott Honor Book!
Essays on a Mature Economy: Britain After 1840

Essays on a Mature Economy: Britain After 1840

Donald N. McCloskey

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Deirdre Bair

Chronicles the life of the French writer, examining her roles as author, philosopher, feminist, and companion to Jean-Paul Sartre
Prospect Avenue: Border City Blues

Prospect Avenue: Border City Blues

Michael Januska

For bootleggers like Jack McCloskey, Prospect Avenue is just another dead end, and not even one of the better ones, but at least it’s away from prying eyes.

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