Edition |
First Edition. |
Description |
xvi, 408 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-391) and index. |
Contents |
Part one: Life -- Kirkcaldy boy, 1723-1746 -- "The most useful, happiest and most honourable period of my life", 1746-1759 -- Enlightened interlude, 1760-1773 -- "You are surely to reign alone on these subjects", 1773-1776 -- Working to the end, 1776-1790 -- Part two: Thought -- Reputation, fact and myth -- Smith's economics -- Adam Smith and markets -- Part three: Impact -- Capitalism and its discontents -- The moral basis of commercial society -- Conclusion: Why it matters. |
Subject |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. (OCoLC)fst00051861
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Economists -- Great Britain.
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Economics -- Philosophy.
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00846434
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Economics -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00902168
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Economists. (OCoLC)fst00902277
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Norman, Jesse, author. Adam Smith First Edition. New York : Basic Books, 2018 9780465093212 (DLC) 2018022026 |
ISBN |
9780465061976 (hardcover) |
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0465061974 (hardcover) |
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