To all,
A very nice (but not economic) compendium of writings about evolutionary theory is put out by the Norton Critical Edition series. (It's entitled DARWIN and is edited by Philip Appleman.) It assembles writings from the generation prior to Darwin (eg., Wm Paley), goes through Darwin, and proceeds to contemporary pieces that range from sociobiology to intelligent design. It has sections on Darwin's influence on science, on social thought, on ethics, on religion, etc. For the most part, the writings are accessible to college freshmen (and above), as I used it a few years ago in a freshman seminar taught outside my dept.
Best,
Jim Bryan
Manhattanville College
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Akira Motomura <amotomura_at_stonehill.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:45:03 -0500
>Jim and others,
>
>A supplementary book that might fit your course is Jared Diamond's _Guns,
>Germs, and Steel_ . Although Diamond is not an economist by training, his
>book has had a significant effect on economic historians' thinking about
>very long run issues. There's certainly a lot of economic behavior, and
>its resulting long run effects in shaping environments and institutions,
>that students can discern. - Akira
>
>Akira Motomura
>Associate Professor of Economics
>Stonehill College
>320 Washington St., D-58
>Easton, MA 02357
>508.565.1149 (voice)
>508.565.1444 (shared fax)
>amotomura_at_stonehill.edu
>
>At 09:15 PM 10/28/2006, James Lacey wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a text, or textbook, or perhaps
>>even a book of readings from an evolutionary / institutional economics
>>viewpoint.
>>
>>It would be for an interdisciplinary class on "evolution," and the
>>students would have a basic background in econ, but would not
>>generally be econ majors.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jim Lacey
>>Hesser College
>>--
>>jwlacey_at_gmail.com
>
>
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