Michael Perelman wrote:
>To what extent was the Wealth of Nation written as a blueprint for Scotland
>rather than England?
>
I'm not sure he meant it as a "blueprint" for anywhere.
On Smith in relation to Scotland and Scottish though in general, you
might find the following worth a look:
Fay, C[harles]. R. Adam Smith and the Scotland of His Day, Publications
of the Department of Social and Economic Research No. 3, Cambridge
University Press, 1956
Macfie, A[lec]. L. (1955), "The Scottish Tradition in Economic Thought",
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, II, pp. 81-103; reprinted in
Idem, The Individual in Society: Papers on Adam Smith, University of
Glasgow Social and Economic Studies, ns. No. 11, George Allen & Unwin,
London, 1967, pp. 19-41
There is, of course, now a huge literature on the Scottish Enlightenment
in general, and the relation of Smith's thought to the broader Scottish
thought of his time.
Chris R. Tame
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