 | Julia Vitullo-Martin, J. Robert Moskin - 1994 - 402 páginas
...they do not want to see is unlimited." OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, lyricist (New York Times, March 7, 1991) "To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...nation whose Government is influenced by shopkeepers." ADAM SMITH (The Wealth of Nations, 1776); "A nation of shopkeepers" was subsequently used derisively... | |
 | John A. Hall - 1994 - 1139 páginas
...trade of the colonies. Adam Smith's comment on the monopolistic aspects of this policy was more acid: "To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, I project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government... | |
 | John A. Hall - 1994 - 584 páginas
...customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, I project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers;...nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers." Wealth of Nations, Cannan, ed., vol. II, p. 114. 53. English Historical Review, CLIII ( 1 924), p.... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1993 - 664 páginas
...particular the Smithian view that colonies were a wasteful construction for the benefit of merchants: To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, ... is ... a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose... | |
 | J. W. Smith - 1994 - 580 páginas
...foreign powers. Capitalism's leading philosopher, Adam Smith, pointed out that "England had founded a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers.. ..The maintenance of this monopoly has hitherto been the principal, or more properly perhaps the sole... | |
 | Northrop Frye, Helen Kemp Frye - 1996 - 506 páginas
...exchange, anyhow. Norrie. 1 See Letter 46, n. 6, above. 2 Edith Burnett's allusion is to the statement of Adam Smith: "To found a great empire for the sole...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers" (Wealth of Nations [1776], vol. 2, bk. 4, chap. 7, pt. 3). Napoleon, probably without reference to... | |
 | Miles Kahler - 1997 - 342 páginas
...foreign policies that are inimical to the nation as a whole. Of imperialism, for example, Smith noted: To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shop1 26 keepers. This discussion is not meant to imply that no differences exist between the policy... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 páginas
...first found in Smith's The Wealth of Nations, again underlining the new mercantile ethos of the time. To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. And so to bed (Samuel Pepys, Diary) The growth of the writing profession... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 páginas
...of the Succession in Spain," Edinburgh Review (Jan. 1 833). Critical and Historical Essays (1843). 8 To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. ADAM SMITH, (1723-1790) Scottish economist. The Wealth of Nations,... | |
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...Chiachen Chang and Zhiguang Lin, The Climate of China, p. 295. 10 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for... | |
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To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. 
