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I think the best place to direct the student is to Book 3 of The Wealth of
Nations. This is where Smith discusses the emergence of the modern nation
state from the feudal disorder in Europe. He does not address modern
categories in the discussion about the nation state, but the materials for
constructing an answer about his thinking on the nation state are there in
Book 3.
Brad Bateman
Grinnell College
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