1. American Reprints of Economic Writings 1776-1848.
- Author
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Lowenthal, Esther
- Subjects
ECONOMICS ,PUBLISHED reprints ,BIBLIOGRAPHY ,ECONOMICS literature ,INTERNATIONAL copyright ,INTELLECTUAL property - Abstract
In this article, the author says that it is so easy to assume that similarity of ideas is based on the direct derivation of one system from another that cautious historians of thought must demand additional evidence. The article also presents information regarding bibliographies of economic publication in the U.S. The author says that the list, brief as it is, seems to be a compilation not elsewhere to be found. Until one develops a special interest, the character of bibliographies, both as to coverage and classification, may escape one's attention. The book "American Bibliography," which attempts complete coverage runs from 1639 to 1799. The book "Bibliothetica Americana," covers 1820-1861. International copyright was not granted until 1891, therefore until that date there was no official list of American reissues of foreign books. The list reveals the close intellectual link the new nation maintained with England and, to a lesser extent, with France. Titles show a liking for the theoretical and abstract side of economics, perhaps prepared for by the interest in theology so long dominant in colonies.
- Published
- 1952