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An analysis of the subjects examined in the various Schools in late nineteenth century Oxford would not reveal any great concern on the part of the University with contemporary society. Yet at the time there was considerable interest among both senior and junior members in current social, economic and political problems. It was in the nature of the Oxford system that teaching and learning were not confined to the demands of the Examination Statutes: Tutors, Professors and the more able undergraduates were ready to take a wider view. The problems of contemporary Britain were debated in the numerous societies, for example, the Political Economy Club. Three other features of the Oxford academic scene at this time need mention.
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See A. Kadish, The Oxford Economists in the Late Nineteenth Century (Oxford, 1982).
Memorials of Alfred Marshall, Edited by A. C. Pigou (London, 1925) pp. 56–7. See also S. Collini, D. Winch and J. Burrow, That Noble Science of Politics (Cambridge, 1983) pp. 311–14, 332–4.
A. Marshall, The New Cambridge Curriculum in Economics (London, 1903) pp. 27–8.
Alfred Marshall 1842–1924 J. M. Keynes in Memorials of Alfred Marshall (ed.) A. C. Pigou (London, 1925) p. 59.
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Chester, N. (1986). Establishment of the Diploma 1903. In: Economics, Politics and Social Studies in Oxford, 1900–85. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08544-6_1
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