Commerce, Culture, and Liberty: Readings on Capitalism Before Adam Smith

"Commerce, Culture, and Liberty" presents rich and provocative writings on the relationship between commerce and luxury, virtue, nobility, agriculture, the state, religion, civility, and liberty. The book restores the voice of a rich body of reflections on the larger import of the birth of the modern economy that has been largely silent in academic discourse on the topic. Moreover, it presents significant though hard-to-find writings by a host of well-known authors, including a little-known essay by Rousseau. It also presents important writings that have been pre-empted by Adam Smith, writings that say as much about our age as about the age in which they were written.

Summary

Presents writings on the relationship between commerce and luxury, virtue, nobility, agriculture, the state, religion, civility, and liberty. This book presents significant writings by a host of well-known authors, including a little-known essay by Rousseau. It also presents important writings that have been pre-empted by Adam Smith.

Product details

• Authors: Henry C. Clark
• Assisted by: Henry C Clark (Editor), Henry C. Clark (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9780865973794
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-379-4
• No. of pages: 703
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 45 mm
• Weight: 1079 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries