On the Academic Making of Dr. Narmadeshwar Jha

Mishra, SK (2018): On the Academic Making of Dr. Narmadeshwar Jha.

Abstract

Narmadeshwar Jha was an economist in India who specialized on the economics of Alfred Marshall. Jha passed his MA from Patna University and did his Ph.D. in the University of Leeds, UK. He wrote his well-known book titled “The Age of Marshall: Aspects of British Economic Thought, 1890-1915”. This paper makes an attempt to investigate the academic influences on Jha making him what he was.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Narmadeshwar Jha, Bhagalpur University, Alfred Marshall, University of Leeds, A.J. Brown
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 > B29 - Other; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B3 - History of Economic Thought: Individuals > B31 - Individuals

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