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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807765903321

Autore

Chan Michael D. <1968->

Titolo

Aristotle and Hamilton on commerce and statesmanship / / Michael D. Chan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6516-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

330.15/12

Soggetti

Economics - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Aristotle and Hamilton on Commerce and Statesmanship -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Aristotle's Political Economy Two Cheers for Commerce -- Chapter 1 Acquisition and Household Management -- Chapter 2 Aristotle's Political Economy -- Part 11 Hamilton's Political Economy -- Chapter 3 National Prosperity -- Chapter 4 National Defense and Foreign Policy -- Chapter 5 Cementing Union -- Chapter 6 Commerce, Virtue, and the American Way of Life -- Chapter 7 Liberality and National Greatness -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines Alexander Hamilton's political economy in relation to Aristotle's classical views of economics, as presented in his Politics, and finds shared support of commerce in pursuit of a regime's or democracy's wider goals"--Provided by publisher.