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Adam Smith : an enlightened life
Title
Adam Smith : an enlightened life / Nicholas Phillipson.
ISBN
9780300169270 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0300169272 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780300177671
Published
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
xiv, 345 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 02, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. A Kirkcaldy upbringing
2. Glasgow, Glasgow University and Francis Hutcheson's enlightenment
3. Private study 1740-46: Oxford and David Hume
4. Edinburgh's early enlightenment
5. Smith's Edinburgh lectures: a conjectural history
6. Professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow, I. 1751-9
7. The 'Theory of moral sentiments' and the civilizing powers of commerce
8. Professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow, 2. 1759-63
9. Smith and the Duke of Buccleuch in Europe 1764-6
10. London, Kirkcaldy and the making of the 'Wealth of nations' 1766-76
11. The 'Wealth of nations' and Smith's "very violent attack ... upon the whole commercial system of Great Britain"
12. Hume's death
13. Last years in Edinburgh 1778-90.
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