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100	1		_aOslington, Paul _eauthor
245	1	0	_aContextual History, Practitioner History, and classic status: _bReading Jacob Viner's The Custom Union Issue _cby Paul Oslington
264			_aNew York : _bCambridge University ; _c©2013
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
440			_vVolume35 , number 4
520			_aJacob Viner’s The Customs Union Issue, published in 1950, is the one undeniable classic in its field. The first part of this paper traces the development of Viner’s thinking on preferential trading arrangements, places his work in context, and clarifies his position on disputed issues. The second part considers the reception of his work, from the enthusiastic early reviewers to the international economists who further developed the theory of customs unions, to contemporary practitioners. While practitioners consistently misread Viner, these misreadings were scientifically fruitful, and there are reasons why fruitful science might flow from poor contextual history. Among contemporary international economists, the book has become a classic, marking off and justifying a field of enquiry
650			_acontextual history
650			_apractitioner history
650			_aclassic status
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1053837213000308
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