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: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780807853986
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 - U.S.; Economic History; United States; History: American; USA; United States - 19th Century; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); American Studies; Political Science/Political History/International Affairs; History/United States: General; Sociology/Social Issues; Business & Economic History; Business & Economics-Economic History; History / United States / 19th Century; History-United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); Social Science / Sociology / General; Capitalism; Economics - Theory; Sociology - General; 19th century; History; Industrial relations
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.