Author: Ross, Ian Simpson.
Title: The life of Adam Smith. 2nd edition.
Description: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket. XXXII, 589 pp. Condition : fine. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - The Life of Adam Smith (1723-1790) is the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Updated to include new scholarship which has recently come to light, this full-scale biography of Adam Smith examines the personality, career, and social and intellectual circumstances of the Scottish moral philosopher regarded as the founder of scientific economics, whose legacy of thought - most notably about the free market and the role of the state - concerns us all. Ian Simpson Ross draws on correspondence, archival documents, the reports of contemporaries, and the record of Smith's publications to fashion a lively account of Adam Smith as a man of letters, moralist, historian, and critic, as well as an economist. Supported with full scholarly apparatus for students and academics, the book also offers 20 halftone illustrations representing Smith and the world in which he lived. ISBN 9780199550036.

Keywords: PHILOSOPHY, Smith, Adam (1723-1790)