{"product_id":"riches-and-poverty-an-intellectual-history-of-political-economy-in-britain-1750-1834-paperback-9780521559201","title":"Riches and Poverty; An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750–1834 (Paperback) 9780521559201","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRiches and Poverty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750–1834\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCompelling narrative of a fundamental idea in political economy and its implications.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Winch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521559201, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 January 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e444 pages, 3 b\/w illus.  1 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Riches and Poverty is a powerful, innovative and magesterial survey. Large swathes of it are virtually definitive.' Boyd Hilton, The Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Riches and Poverty, Donald Winch explores the implications of a fundamental and influential idea in political economy. Adam Smith's science of the legislator provided a key to studying the rich and poor in commercial societies, transformed an ancient debate on luxury and inequality, and furnished a basis for assessing the American and French revolutions. Against this background, Britain embarked on its career as the first manufacturing nation, and Malthus made his first contributions to a debate which concluded with the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Malthus provoked fierce opposition from the Lake poets, opening an intellectual rift that persisted throughout the nineteenth century and continues to influence our perceptions of cultural history. Donald Winch has written a compelling and consistently-argued narrative of these developments, which emphasises throughout the moral and political bearings of economic ideas.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. After Adam Smith: prologue\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Adam Smith's Science of the Legislator: 2. An excessive solicitude for posthumous reputation\u003cbr\u003e 3. The secret concatenation\u003cbr\u003e 4. The wisdom of Solomon\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and Factious Citizens: 5. Contested affinities\u003cbr\u003e 6. The loss of regal government\u003cbr\u003e 7. Burke's creed: politics, chivalry, and superstition\u003cbr\u003e 8. The labouring poor\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Robert Malthus as Political Moralist: 9. Imminence and immediacy: initial bearings\u003cbr\u003e 10. New and extraordinary lights\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rather a matter of feeling than argument\u003cbr\u003e 12. A manufacturing animal: things not persons?\u003cbr\u003e 13. The bountiful gift of providence\u003cbr\u003e 14. Last things and other legacies\u003cbr\u003e Part IV: 15. Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002490343704,"sku":"9780521559201","price":33.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521559201i_4039d391-16e9-48a8-94b9-289d0390d67e.jpg?v=1691369780","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/riches-and-poverty-an-intellectual-history-of-political-economy-in-britain-1750-1834-paperback-9780521559201","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}