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Adam Smith's Writings
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Essays on Philosophical Subjects, prefixed with An Account of the life and writings of the author, by Dugald Stewart (G Olms Verlag, 1982)
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The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Volume I:
The Theory of the Moral Sentiments ( Liberty Fund, 1984)
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The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Volume II:
An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (OUP, 1975)
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The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Volume III:
Essays on Philosophical Subjects (OUP, 1980)
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The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Volume IV:
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belle Lettres (OUP, 1983)
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The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Volume V:
Lectures on Jurisprudence (OUP 1978)
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The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, Volume VI:
Correspondence (Clarendon 1987)
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Biographical Memoir of Adam Smith, by Dugald Stewart (Kelley USA, 1970)
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Edwin Cannan (ed) Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (London, 1904) - "admirably edited…his introduction and notes are still of great value," says London University Professor D D Raphael in his own book, Adam Smith (Oxford: OUP 1985)
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Ernest Campbell Mossner and Ian Simpson Ross (eds), The Correspondence of Adam Smith (Oxford, 1977)
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Adam Smith, Correspondence of Adam Smith (Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1997)
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Arthur H Jenkins, Adam Smith Today: The Wealth of Nations Simplified, Shortened, and Modified (New York, NY: Richard R Smith, 1948)
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Charles W Eliot (ed) Adam Smith, Harvard Classics Volume 10 (New York, P F Collier & Son, 1937)
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Britannica Great Books: Volume 39, Adam Smith (Benton, 1952)
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*** John Haggarty, The Wisdom of Adam Smith (Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Press, 1976)
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** Robert L Heilbroner (ed), The Essential Adam Smith (Oxford: OUP, 1986) - an introductory biographical sketch of Smith and comments on his writings are followed by selections of the key chapters and passages from his writings: The History of Astronomy, Lectures on Jurisprudence, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, The Wealth of Nations, and Smith's correspondence
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Intellectual Biographies
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Duguld Stewart, "Account of the Life and Writing of Adam Smith" in Stewart's Collected Works, edited by Sir William Hamilton (Edinburgh 1858, volume x)
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* D D Raphael, Adam Smith (Oxford: OUP, 1985) - short introduction by an acknowledged master on the subject
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Ian Simpson Ross, The life of Adam Smith (Oxford,1995)
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Francis W Hirst, Adam Smith (London: Macmillan & Co, 1904) -a historical exposition of Smith's life, the intellectual world he inhabited
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J A Farrer, Adam Smith (London: Sampson Low, 1881). New edition by J Martin Stafford (Altrincham, 1988) - mostly devoted to Smith's ethical theories and expository rather than critical, except in the final chapter
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William R Scott (ed) Adam Smith as Student and Professor, With Unpublished Documents (Glasgow, 1937) - biographical account of Smith's life
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***John Rae, Life of Adam Smith (London, 1895) - reprinted with additional material by Jacob Viner (Cf), this is a very enjoyable read and quite comprehensive for its time
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*** Jacob Viner, Guide to John Rae's Life of Adam Smith (New York, 1965)
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** R H Campbell and A S Skinner, Adam Smith (London, 1982) - Professor D D Raphael says: "the biographical chapters contain a good deal of new information that was not available to Rae (or Viner). This book also includes clear, concise surveys of Adam Smith's writings and lectures. It can be thoroughly recommended to all readers."
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C R Fay, Adam Smith and the Scotland of his Day (Cambridge, 1956)
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C R Fay, The World of Adam Smith (Cambridge, 1950)
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Books About Adam Smith
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** Andrew S Skinner, A System of Social Science: Papers relating to Adam Smith (Oxford, 1979) - "for relative beginners I would recommend this particularly" says Professor D D Raphael in his own book, Adam Smith (Oxford: OUP, 1985)
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*** E G West, Adam Smith; Architect of Freedom (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969) - very readable short introduction, highly recommended
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Jerry Z Muller, Adam Smith In His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society (New York: The Free Press, 1993)
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George S Montgomery Jr, The Return of Adam Smith (Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, 1949) (New York: The Free Press, 1993)
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J K Fuz, Welfare economics in some English Utopias from Francis Bacon to Adam Smith (Rotterdam, 1951)
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Shapiro, Adam Smith: Desire, History, and Value (Sage Paperback)
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Adams, Adam Smith Goes to Moscow (Princeton University Press, 1993)
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Clyde E Dankers, Adam Smith: Man of Letters and Economics (Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1974)
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Maurice Brown, Adam Smith's Economics: Its Place in the Development of Economic Thought (London: Croom Helm, 1988)
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E E Berns, Adam Smith. Ethiek, Politiek, Economie (Tilburg: Tilburg University Press,1986)
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George S Montgomery Jr, The Return of Adam Smith (Idaho, 1949)
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Eli Ginzberg, The House of Adam Smith (New York, 1934) - "the classic analysis of Smith's economics based on consideration of his predecessors and contemporaries," according to the Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
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James Bonar, Moral Sense (London 1930) - Chapters X and XI deal with Smith's moral philosophy
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J R Lindgren (ed), The Early Writings of Adam Smith (London, 1966)
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Thomas D Campbell, Adam Smith's Science of Morals (London, 1971) - Smith expert Professor D D Raphael says this is "the one indispensible work of interpretation for Smith's ethics."
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Samuel Hollander, The Economics of Adam Smith (Toronto, 1973) - a pretty full discussion, but not easy reading
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D A Reisman, Adam Smith's Sociological Economics (London, 1976)
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Andrew S Skinner and Thomas Wilson (eds) Essays on Adam Smith (Oxford, 1976) - deals with all aspects of Smith's writing and teaching
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Andrew S Skinner and Thomas Wilson (eds) The Market and the State: Papers in honour of Adam Smith (Oxford, 1976) - reviews the themes of The Wealth of Nations as they appeared in the last quarter of the twentieth century
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J M Clark et al, Adam Smith, 1776-1926 (Chicago, 1928)
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Michael Fry (ed), Adam Smith's Legacy (London: Routledge, 1992) - Smith's place in modern economics, with contributions by Paul Samuelson, Franco Modigliani, James Buchanan and other prominent economists
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Articles
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Elmer Sprague, "Adam Smith", in The Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, edited by Paul Edwards (London & New York, Collier Macmillan, 1967 - straightforward and concise exposition, concentrating on Smith's moral philosophy
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Edwin West, Adam Smith's Proposals on Public Education - article outlining
Smith's views on education and public policy
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