Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750-1834

by Donald Winch

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In Riches and Poverty, Donald Winch explores the implications of a fundamental and influential idea in political economy. Adam Smith's science of the legislator provided a key to studying the rich and poor in commercial societies, transformed an ancient debate on luxury and inequality, and furnished a basis for assessing the American and French revolutions. Against this background, Britain embarked on its career as the first manufacturing nation,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521559200

ISBN13:9780521559201

Release Date:January 1996

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:444 Pages

Weight:1.44 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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