UID:
edoccha_9959148201402883
Format:
1 online resource (273 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-28710-0
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1-134-28711-9
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1-280-54887-8
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9786610548873
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0-203-48623-4
Series Statement:
Routledge history of economic thought
Content:
Modern economics has, at its foundation, scholarly contributions from many prominent Scottish thinkers. This revealing work examines the roots of this great tradition, places in perspective a selection of authors, and assesses their contribution over three centuries in the light of a distinctive Scottish approach to economics. Scottish Enlightenment is an established area of research interest, and this volume offers new scholarship on key Enlightenment figures whilst placing emphasis on their approach to economic thought. Smith and Hume are key, but other less familiar, yet im
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 John Law and the Scottish Enlightenment; 3 Francis Hutcheson, 1694-1746; 4 David Hume as a political economist; 5 Sir James Steuart, Principles of Political Oeconomy; 6 Adam Smith: Real Newtonian; 7 Adam Smith: Common sense and aesthetics in the Age of Experiments; 8 James Mill as economist: Theory dominated by deductive method; 9 John Ramsay McCulloch; 10 The place of Thomas Chalmers in Scottish political economy; 11 John Rae
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12 Economics in the Scottish universities from the late nineteenth century13 A Scottish tradition of applied economics in the twentieth century; 14 Postscript; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-49369-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-34437-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203486238
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