{"product_id":"evaluating-adam-smith-1","title":"Evaluating Adam Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam Smith is well recognized as the forefather of modern economics, but his success can be attributed not only to what he wrote but also to his use of language. In this exciting new book, Willie Henderson shows how Smith engaged creatively in writing about the economy, and analyzes the extent to which he tried to ensure that the reader is drawn into the text and informed by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating analysis methods that are helpful to new researchers on Smith’s works, \u003cem\u003eEvaluating Adam Smith\u003c\/em\u003e sets his work in the cultural context of the eighteenth century and explores the lexical and conceptual inter-relations between Smith and the sources he consulted. Issues explored include Smith’s use of irony and his work in the context of wealth, virtue and happiness as presented in the \u003cem\u003eMoral Sentiments\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eWealth of Nations\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenderson’s informative study employs the literary techniques of close reading and close textual analysis and applies them to sustained passages of Smith’s writing. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257676812632,"sku":"9780415336680","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415336680_fc660d66-a43c-4a94-8669-0cb5d7db730a.jpg?v=1769157926","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/evaluating-adam-smith-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}