Who This Author Is

Amartya Sen has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 11 catalog-linked books across 1983 to 2021, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (OIP) and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1983 to 2021; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Oxford Univ Pr and Allen Lane.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Oxford Univ Pr and Allen Lane

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1983 to 2021; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Oxford Univ Pr and Allen Lane.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (OIP)

    Oxford Univ Pr • 1983 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1983 • 270 pages.

  2. Commodities and Capabilities

    Oxford Univ Pr • 1999 • quick commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  3. Reason Before Identity OIP

    Oxford Univ Pr • 1999 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 31 pages.

  4. THE STANDARD OF LIVING: The Tanner Lectures Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1985

    Cambridge Univ Pr • 1989 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1989 • 139 pages.

  5. On Ethics and Economics (The Royer lectures)

    Blackwell Pub • 1987 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1987 • 131 pages.

  6. The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

    Farrar Straus & Giroux • 2005 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2005 • 432 pages.

  7. Human rights and Asian values (Morgenthau memorial lecture on ethics & foreign policy)

    Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs • 1997 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 32 pages.

  8. Home in the World

    Allen Lane • 2021 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2021.

  9. Idea of Justice

    Penguin Books, Limited • 2010 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2010.

  10. The idea of justice

    Belknap Press of Harvard University Press • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2009.

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