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BASE TEXT

Author, original title and year of 1st edn
Smith, Adam
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
London, W. Straham & T. Cadell, 1776, 2 vols.

TRANSLATION INFO

original language
English
translation into
Spanish
type of original text
Book
type of translated text
Book
timeline
19th Century

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DOCUMENT

Surname and Name
of Author (in the original language)
Smith, Adam
Year of publication
1805-1806
Title
Investigación de la naturaleza y causas de la riqueza de las Naciones
Edition number
2nd
Place
Valladolid
Country
Spain
Publisher
Viuda e Hijos de Santander
Number of vols/parts
4 vols. (12 + 244, 4 + 523, 529, 4 + 456 p.)

TRANSLATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Text type
Translated selection
Composition of text
There are some modifications from the original text because of censorship.
This edition includes also the translation of the work by Germain Garnier "Breve exposición de la doctrina de Adam Smith comparada con la de los economistas franceses, y método para facilitar el estudio de su obra, intitulada Investigación de la naturaleza y causas de la Riqueza de las Naciones" (vol. IV, pp. 1-22).
Editor’s name(s)
Viuda e Hijos de Santander
Translator’s name(s)
José Alonso Ortiz
Editorial apparatus
Preface of translator(s)
Editor’s or translator’s footnotes (Footnotes of translator making reference to economic circumstances of Spain)

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

Basic secondary literature on this text
Perdices de Blas, L. (2000). '"La riqueza de las naciones" y los economistas españoles', in E. Fuentes Quintana (ed), Economía y economistas españoles. 4, La economía clásica. Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg: Círculo de Lectores, pp. 269-303.

Schwartz, P. 2000. "La recepción inicial de 'La riqueza de las naciones' en España, Fuentes Quintana, E. (ed.), Economía y economistas españoles, vol 4. La economía clásica, Barcelona, Galaxia Gutenberg, p. 171-238.

Smith, R.S. 1957. "The Wealth of Nations in Spain and Hispanic America”, Journal of Political Economic, 65, 2, p. 104-125.

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