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William Petty and the ambitions of political arithmetic /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCormick, Ted
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Petty, William, > Sir, > 1623-1687.
Petty, William, > Sir, > 1623-1687
Economists > United States > Biography.
Economics > Political aspects > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1603-1714.
Économistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Économie politique et politique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1603-1714.
Theory.
Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Europe.
HISTORY.
Political.
PHILOSOPHY.
History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Economics > Political aspects
Economists
Politics and government
Great Britain
United States
1600-1714
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Abstract:This is a comprehensive intellectual biography of William Petty (1623-1687), the inventor of 'political arithmetic' and a key figure in the English colonization of Ireland, the institutionalization of experimental science, and early social science.
Physical Description:1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-334) and index.
ISBN:9780191571718
0191571717
0191720526
9780191720529
1282365991
9781282365995
9786612365997
6612365994