The idea of commercial society in the Scottish enlightenment / Christopher J. Berry.

The most arresting aspect of the Scottish Enlightenment is its conception of commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation. Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts the contemporar...

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Main Author: Berry, Christopher J. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
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505 0 |a Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Scotland, Improvement and Enlightenment; 2. Commerce, Stages and the Natural History of Society; 3. Prosperity and Poverty; 4. Markets, Law and Politics; 5. Liberty and the Virtues of Commerce; 6. The Dangers of Commerce; 7. The Idea of a Commercial Society; References; Index. 
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