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William Petty and the ambitions of political arithmetic /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCormick, Ted
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Petty, William, > Sir, > 1623-1687.
Economics > Political aspects > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1603-1714.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : William Petty and political arithmetic
  • From Romsey to Paris
  • The making of a virtuoso
  • Surveying Ireland
  • Science and policy in the restoration
  • The transmutation of the Irish
  • Corpuscles, colonies and kingdoms
  • Political arithmetic in circulation
  • Death and afterlife
  • Conclusion : William Petty's political science.