Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750-1834 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521559201)

Riches and Poverty explores an influential idea in political economy. The work of Adam Smith provided a key for studying the rich and poor and assessing the American and French revolutions. Meanwhile Britain embarked on its career as the first manufacturing nation, and the debate on poverty provoked an intellectual rift between Malthus and the Lake poets that continues to influence our perceptions of cultural history. Donald Winch has written a compelling narrative of these developments, which emphasizes throughout the moral and political bearings of economic ideas.

Author: Donald Winch
ISBN-10: 0521559200
ISBN-13: 9780521559201
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/1996
Pages: 444
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.94w x 0.94d