Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750-1834

by Donald Winch

Book Overview

In Riches and Poverty, Donald Winch explores the implications of a fundamental and influential idea in political economy. Adam Smith's science of the legislator provided a key to studying the rich and poor in commercial societies, transformed an ancient debate on luxury and inequality, and furnished a basis for assessing the American and French revolutions. Against this background, Britain embarked on its career as the first manufacturing nation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521559200
• ISBN13: 9780521559201
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"