02917nam 22006252 450 991079059150332120151002020706.00-7486-9378-50-7486-4533-010.1515/9780748645336(CKB)2550000001111639(EBL)1353389(OCoLC)856870117(SSID)ssj0001098804(PQKBManifestationID)11649095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001098804(PQKBWorkID)11056339(PQKB)10817848(UkCbUP)CR9780748645336(MiAaPQ)EBC1353389(StDuBDS)EDZ0000173336(DE-B1597)614442(DE-B1597)9780748645336(OCoLC)1301550216(EXLCZ)99255000000111163920130819d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe idea of commercial society in the Scottish Enlightenment /Christopher J. Berry[electronic resource]Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,2013.1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-7486-4532-2 1-299-80280-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Scotland, improvement and Enlightenment -- Commerce, stages and the natural history of society -- Prosperity and poverty -- Markets, law and politics -- Liberty and the virtues of commerce -- The dangers of commerce -- The idea of a commercial society.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 contemporary debates and tensions between Enlightenment thinkers that this idea raised. The book analyses the full range of literature on the subject, from key works like Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations', David Hume's 'Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects' and Adam Ferguson's 'Essay on the History of Civil Society' to lesser-known works such as Robert Wallace's 'Dissertation on Numbers of Mankind'.EnlightenmentScotlandCommercePhilosophyCommerceHistoryScotlandCommerceHistoryEnlightenmentCommercePhilosophy.CommerceHistory.192Berry Christopher J.148826UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910790591503321The idea of commercial society in the Scottish Enlightenment3799165UNINA