Commerce, culture, and liberty : readings on capitalism before Adam Smith / edited by Henry C. Clark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Henry C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--History--17th century.

Economics.

Economics--History--18th century.

Economics--Political aspects--History.

Economics--Sociological aspects--History.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects--History.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics--Political aspects.

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 680 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, IN : Liberty Fund, ©2003.

Contents:

Conceptions for a tree trade (1652) / William Walwyn

Political maxims of the state of Holland (1662) / Pieter de la Court

A new discourse of trade (1668) / Josiah Child

Discourses upon trade (1690)

Second discourse on the affairs of Scotland (1697) / Andrew Fletcher

The Spectator (1711-1712) / Richard Steele

"General idea of the new system of finances" (1720) / John Law

Cato's letters (1721) / John Trenchard

The fable of the bees (1723) / Bernard Mandeville

An enquiry whether a general practice of virtue tends to the wealth or poverty, benefit or disadvantage of a people (1725) / George Blewhitt

The complete English tradesman (1727) / Daniel Defoe

Plan for the improvement of commerce (1732?) / Charles Irénée Castel de Saint Pierre

A political essay upon commerce (1734) / Jean-François Melon

"The worldling" (1736) ; "The man of the world" (1738) ; "On commerce and luxury" (1738) / Voltaire

Spectacle of nature (1746) / Noël-Antoine Pluche

Spirit of the laws (1748) / Montesquieu

On money (1751) / Ferdinando Galiani

"An enquiry into the causes of late increase of robbers" (1751) / Henry Fielding.

"Of refinement in the arts" (1752) / David Hume

"Mémoire" / Jacques-Claude-Marie-Vincent de Gournay (1753)

"Luxury, commerce, and the arts" (1754) / Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A view of the manner in which trade and civil liberty support each other (1756) / William Hazeland

The commercial nobility (1756) / Gabriel François Coyer

An estimate of the manners and principles of the times (1757) / John Brown

"In praise of Gournay" (1759) / Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

"Luxury" (1764) / Jean-François Saint-Lambert

A view of the progress of society in Europe (1766) / William Robertson

Reflections on the formation and the distribution of wealth (1766) / Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

On the origin nd progress of a new science (1768) / Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours

Dialogues on the grain trade (1769) / Ferdinando Galiani

"A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies" (1770) / Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal

On the origin of the distinction of ranks / John Millar (1771)

Commerce and government considered in their mutual relationship (1776) / Étienne Bonnot de Condillac.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Commerce, culture, and liberty.

ISBN:

0865973784

9780865973787

0865973792

9780865973794

OCLC:

51983329

Online:

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