New light on the publication and reception of the Wealth of Nations

The Adam Smith Review

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 3-29

  Sher, Richard B ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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