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William Petty and the ambitions of political arithmetic
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Title
William Petty and the ambitions of political arithmetic [electronic resource] / Ted McCormick.
ISBN
9780191720529 (ebook) :
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource (368 p.) : ill.
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Summary
This is a comprehensive intellectual biography of William Petty (1623-1687), the inventor of 'political arithmetic' and a key figure in the English colonization of Ireland, the institutionalization of experimental science, and early social science.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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