The Soul's Economy
Subtitle: Market Society and Selfhood in American Thought, 1820-1920
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780807827253
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Political economy; Social, group or collective psychology; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; Economic History; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); History - U.S.; Sociology - General; History: American; USA; United States - 19th Century; American Studies; Political Science/Political History/International Affairs; History/United States: General; Sociology/Social Issues; Business & Economic History; Social Science / Sociology / General; Capitalism; Economics - Theory; 19th century; History; Industrial relations; United States
First sentence: There is no Science, the Study of which is more useful and commendable than the Knowledge of the true Interest of one's Country," Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1729, opening one of his earliest essays on political economy.