From 1962-66 Irma Adelman was associate professor in the department of political economy at Johns Hopkins University.
A nice biographic memorial was posted at the UC Berkeley Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics website. A copy of her c.v. can also be found in the internet archive Wayback Machine.
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THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Economic Development 327
Dr. Adelman
Spring 1963
Textbooks
A. Pepelasis, L. Mears and I. Adelman, Economic Development (Harper, 1961).
I. Adelman, Theories of Economic Growth and Development (Stanford University Press, 1961).
Other General Works
W.A. Lewis, The Theory of Economic Growth (1955).
N. S. Buchanan & H. Ellis, Approaches to Economic Development (1955).
H. Leibenstein, Economic Backwardness and Economic Growth (1957).
P.T. Bauer & B.S. Yamey, The Economics of Underdeveloped Countries (1957).
A.N. Agarwala & S.P. Singh, The Economics of Underdevelopment (1958).
G. Meier & R. Baldwin, Economic Development (1957).
[C. P.] Kindleberger, Economic Development (1958).
A.O. Hirschman, The Strategy of Economic Development (1958).
B. Higgins, Economic Development (1959).
W.W. Rostow, The Stages of Economic Growth (1960).
E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change (1961).
Bibliographies
A. Hazlewood, The Economics of Underdeveloped Areas (2nded.), 1959.
F.N. Trager, “A Selected and Annotated Bibliography on Economic Development 1953-1957,” Economic Development & Cultural Change, July 1958.
[G.] Meier & [R.] Baldwin, Economic Development Appendices.
I. Levels and Rates of Growth
[A.] Pepelasis, et al., Ch. 1.
S. Kuznets, “Quantitative Aspects of the Economic Growth of Nations,” Economic Development and Cultural Change (Oct. 1956) pp. 5-51.
Abramovitz, Moses and others, The Allocation of Economic Resources (first article by Abramovitz).
Nutter, C. Warren, “On Measuring Economic Growth,” J.P.E. V. LXV (1957) pp. 50-63 and comment by H.S. Levine ibid (Aug. 1958).
S. Kuznets, “The State as a Unit in the Study of Economic Growth,” Journal of Economic History (1951) pp. 25-41.
S.H. Frankel, The Economic Impact on Underdeveloped Countries (Oxford, 1952) pp. [page numbers not given]
Hoselitz, B.F., “Patterns of Economic Development,” Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, V. 21, pp. 416-431.
Rostow, W.W., “The Take-off into Self-sustained Growth, E.J. (1956) pp. 25-48.
II. The Production Function
Solow, R.M., “Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function,” Review of Economics and Statistics XXXIX (Aug. 1957) pp. 312-320.
Abramovitz, M. “Resource and Output Trends in the United States Since 1870,” (NBER Occasional Paper 52). Also published in AER, Papers and Proceedings, XLVI (May 1956) pp. 5-23.
K.J. Arrow, H.B. Chenery, B.S. Minhas and R.M. Solow, “Capital-Labor Substitution and Economic Efficiency,” Rev. Econ. & Stat. Aug. 1961.
[M.] Abramovitz, Review of Denison’s Book—AER Jan. 1963.
III. Population and Labor Force
[A.] Pepelasis, et al., Ch. 3.
U.N. Department of Social Affairs (Population Division) The Determinants and Consequences of Population Trends, pp. 5-20, 47-97, 194-209.
[G.] Meier and [R.] Baldwin, pp. 281-291.
C. Long, The Labor Force under Changing Income and Employment, Ch. 1.
E. Hagen, “Population and Economic Growth,” AER, June 1959, pp. 310-327.
G. Goode, “Adding to the Stock of Physical and Human Capital” AERProceedings XLIX (May 1959) pp. 147-155 and Comment by A. Kofka, pp. 172-175.
[H.] Leibenstein, Ch. 10.
I. Adelman, “An Econometric Analysis of Population Growth,” mimeographed.
IV. Reproducible Capital
[A.] Pepelasis, et al., Ch. 4.
S. Kuznets, “International Differences in Capital Formation and Financing,” in Univ. NBER Committee for Economic Research, Capital Formation and Economic Growth, pp. 19-33, 45-51.
S. Kuznets, “Capital Formation Proportions: International Comparisons in Recent Years,” Economic Development and Cultural Change V. VIII, No. 4 Part II, July 1960.
H.S. Houthakker, “An International Comparison of Personal Savings,” Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 38, Part 2, (1961).
W.W. Rostow, “The Takeoff into Self-sustained Growth,” E.J. LXVI, March 1956.
A. Cairncross, “The Place of Capital in Economic Progress,” in American Economic Association (L. Dupriez, ed.) Economic Progress.
C. Wolfe and S. Sufrin, Capital Formation and Foreign Investment in Underdeveloped Areas (1955).
V. Natural Resources
[A.] Pepelasis, et al, Ch. 2.
Usher, A.P., “The Resource Requirements of an Industrial Economy,” JEH Supplement VII, 1947, pp. 36-46.
Mason, E.S., “The Political Economy of Resource Use,” and discussion by Hartley, Jameson, Adlin in Henry Jarrett (ed.) Perspectives on Conservation, pp. 157-201.
W.S. and E.S. Woytinsky, World Population and Production, Ch. 10.
[G.] Meier & [R.] Baldwin, pp. 521-526.
VI. Technology and Entrepreneurship
[A.] Pepelasis et al, Ch. 5.
A. Gerschenkron, “Social Attitudes and Economic Environment in Relation to Entrepreneurship and Technology,” Economic Progress, pp. 307-330, 557-559.
Redlich, F., “Business Leadership: Diverse Origins and Variant Forces,” Economic Development and Cultural Change, V. VI No. 3, April 1958.
Gilfillan, S.C., “Invention as a Factor in Economic History,”Journal of Economic History, V. (Dec. 1945), pp. 66-85.
Schmookler, J., “The Level of Inventive Activity,” Review of Economics & Statistics, V. 36, pp. 183-190.
A.O. Hirschman, Ch. IX.
E. Hagen, Ch. 4- Ch. 12.
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives. Department of Political Economy, Series 6. Box No. 1, Folder: Course Outlines and Reading Lists. c. 1900, c. 1950, 1963-68”.