----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Clarke, Peter. 1988. _The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924-1936_. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Keynes is probably the most studied economist of the 20th century, but before this book, historians of economic thought typically offered the thinnest of historical treatments of Keynes: typically analysing only Keynes' own writings and then in limited contexts, often "looking backwards" from later times. The book, written by an historian, places Keynes in his historical moment. Clarke convincingly shows that The General Theory had its origins in the specific conditions obtaining in 1920's Britain. He also shows how Keynes' relationships and interactions with members of the Treasury and of the Bank of England shaped his views. It is thus a lovely piece of history, but also one that has prompted a closer examination of context in Keynesian scholarship, and thereby in history of thought in general, a very welcome move indeed. Bruce J. Caldwell University of North Carolina, Greensboro ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]