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Henderson, Willie, 1947-

Evaluating Adam Smith : creating the Wealth of nations / Willie Henderson. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xvii, 64 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading the Wealth of Nations and Smith's other writings -- How does Smith achieve a synthesis in writing? -- Nature's dupes : irony and economic agency in Smith's writing -- The political economy of Castle Rackrent : Maria Edgeworth and Adam Smith -- Exemplification strategy in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations -- A very cautious, or a very polite, Dr. Smith? Hedging in the Wealth of Nations -- Natural and human institutions : reading for argumentation in book three of the Wealth of Nations -- Adam Smith's construction of history and story : the analysis of primogeniture.



ISBN: 9780415336680 0415336686 (hb : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005022789

Subjects--Personal Names:
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 --Criticism and interpretation.
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 --Criticism, Textual.

LC Class. No.: HB161 / .S6664 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 330.15/3