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1 online resource (xii, 244 pages .) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Scotland, Improvement and Enlightenment; 2. Commerce, Stages and the Natural History of Society; 3. Prosperity and Poverty; 4. Markets, Law and Politics; 5. Liberty and the Virtues of Commerce; 6. The Dangers of Commerce; 7. The Idea of a Commercial Society; References; Index. |
| Summary |
The most arresting aspect of the Scottish Enlightenment is its conception of commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation. Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts the contemporary debates and tensions between Enlightenment thinkers that this idea raised. The book analyses the full range of literature on the subject, from key works like Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations', David Hume's 'Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects' and Adam Ferguson's 'Essay on the History of Civil. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Wealth of nations.
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Hume, David, 1711-1776 -- Political and social views.
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Hume, David, 1711-1776. |
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Political and social views. |
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Hume, David, 1711-1776. Treatise and essays.
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Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816. Essay on the history of civil society.
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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. |
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Hume, David, 1711-1776. |
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Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816. |
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Enlightenment -- Scotland.
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Enlightenment. |
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Scotland. |
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Scotland -- Commerce -- History.
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Commerce. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780748645329 0748645322 |
| ISBN |
0748645330 (electronic book) |
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9780748645336 (electronic book) |
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129980280X (e-book) |
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9781299802803 (e-book) |
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9780748693788 (ebook) |
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0748693785 (ebook) |
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9780748645329 (hardback) |
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0748645322 (hardback) |
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