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Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey

Jill C. Wheeler

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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!
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
One Morning in Maine

One Morning in Maine

Robert McCloskey

A Caldecott Honor Book!
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.
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 ...
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.
Blueberries for Sal

Blueberries for Sal

Robert McCloskey

Will each mother go home with the right little one? With its expressive line drawings and charming story, Blueberries for Sal has won readers' hearts since its first publication in 1948.
Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

Ideal for reading aloud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf. "This delightful picture book captures the humor and beauty of one special duckling family. ..
Minders of Make-believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the ...

Minders of Make-believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the ...

Leonard S. Marcus

May Massee to Bertha E. Mahony, undated (spring 1933); May Massee to Bertha Mahony Miller, July 2, 1943; Gertrude Shafer to Robert McCloskey, August 29, 1974: used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Group ...
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!
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.
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.
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.
Conversations on Consumption

Conversations on Consumption

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16. Ed. Thomas K. Srull. Provo: Association for Consumer Research. 1¥ 8. Makkreel, Rudolf A. 1975 Dilthey: Philosopherofthe HumanSciences. Princeton: Princeton UniversityPress. McCloskey, Donald N. 1985 The Rhetoric of Economics.
A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980

A Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980

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Donald McCloskey, has compiled, with the help of George Hersh and a panel of distinguished advisors, the only bibliography of historical economics.
Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World

Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World

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Jason McCloskey, Ignacio López Alemany. within the legal asylum afforded by the local laws of Aragon and under the protection of Philip II's rival monarch, Elizabeth I, Queen of England. As an individual, Perez successfully challenges the ...
Authority, Piracy, and Captivity in Colonial Spanish ...

Authority, Piracy, and Captivity in Colonial Spanish ...

Emiro Martínez-Osorio

24. Ibid., 39. For further analysis of the frontispiece to the first volume of the Elegías, see Jason McCloskey, “Spain Succored by Religion: Titian and Lope de Vega's La Dragontea,” in Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World, ed.
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.

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