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Adam Smith as student and professor : with Unpublished Documents, including Parts of the "Edinburgh lectures", a Draft of The Wealth of Nations, Extracts from the Muniments of the University of Glasgow and Correspondence

Scott, William Robert, 1868-19401937

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Summary

Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife in 1723. He was a Scottish economist, philosopher and author. He was a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy and a key figure during the Scottish enlightenment era. The Wealth of Nations, (1776) is considered his 'magnus opus' and the first modern work of economics.

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Main title:

Adam Smith as student and professor : with Unpublished Documents, including Parts of the "Edinburgh lectures", a Draft of The Wealth of Nations, Extracts from the Muniments of the University of Glasgow and Correspondence / by William Robert Scott.

Author:

Scott, William Robert, 1868-1940

Imprint:

Glasgow : Jackson, Son &Company, 1937.

Collation:

xxiv, 445p. : b & w plates, frontispiece, tables [folded] ; 26 cm.

Series title:

Glasgow University publications

Series:

Glasgow University publications ; XLVI

Notes:

The life of Adam Smith, 1723-1763 -- Documents -- An early draft of part of The Wealth of Nations (c. 1763) -- Facsimiles of the handwriting of Adam Smith, of some of his relatives and of his amanuenses -- Appendices.

ISBN:

M0101359FF (invalid)

Dewey class:

923.341920SMI920

LC class:

HB103.S6

Local class:

B/SMI920SMI

Language:

English

Subject:

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790Free market -- Economics -- History -- ScotlandCorrespondence -- Biography -- History -- KirkcaldyKirkcaldy (Scotland) -- HistoryFife (Scotland) -- History