Life of Adam Smith
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Life of Adam Smith

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  1. 443 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Life of Adam Smith

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About this book

Learn more about Adam Smith, the groundbreaking philosopher who played an important role in originating the study of economics and gave us many of the concepts that still govern the market today. Written by John Rae, this biography details Smith's early life in Scotland and his later rise to academic renown, as well as the events and influences that led him to produce masterworks like The Wealth of Nations.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781775417132

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter I - Early Days at Kirkcaldy
  5. Chapter II - Student at Glasgow College
  6. Chapter III - At Oxford
  7. Chapter IV - Lecturer at Edinburgh
  8. Chapter V - Professor at Glasgow
  9. Chapter VI - The College Administrator
  10. Chapter VII - Among Glasgow Folk
  11. Chapter VIII - Edinburgh Activities
  12. Chapter IX - The "Theory of Moral Sentiments"
  13. Chapter X - First Visit to London
  14. Chapter XI - Last Year in Glasgow
  15. Chapter XII - Toulouse
  16. Chapter XIII - Geneva
  17. Chapter XIV - Paris
  18. Chapter XV - London
  19. Chapter XVI - Kirkcaldy
  20. Chapter XVII - London
  21. Chapter XVIII - "The Wealth of Nations"
  22. Chapter XIX - The Death of Hume
  23. Chapter XX - London Again— Appointed Commissioner of Customs
  24. Chapter XXI - In Edinburgh
  25. Chapter XXII - Various Correspondence in 1778
  26. Chapter XXIII - Free Trade for Ireland
  27. Chapter XXIV - The "Wealth of Nations" Abroad and at Home
  28. Chapter XXV - Smith Interviewed
  29. Chapter XXVI - The American Question and Other Politics
  30. Chapter XXVII - Burke in Scotland
  31. Chapter XXVIII - The Population Question
  32. Chapter XXIX - Visit to London
  33. Chapter XXX - Visit of Samuel Rogers
  34. Chapter XXXI - Revision of the "Theory"
  35. Chapter XXXII - Last Days
  36. Endnotes