Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343924

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0343924

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Development of English Economic Vocabulary to 1776: the Formation of a Disciplinary Language. The language of economic science is fundamental to all social theory - and indeed, to how modern societies perceive themselves. Where does that vocabulary - both the language and the concepts carried by that language - come from? How did it develop? The aim of this research project is to clarify the answers to these two questions, up to the time at which political economy or economics became a mature intellectual system - in Adam Smith's 1776 "Wealth of Nations". This will be the first such systematic and comprehensive book-length study of the formation of this disciplinary language ever attempted.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2003

End Date: 09-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $249,832.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History Of Economic Thought | Economic Theory | Political Economy | Economic History

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Economic issues not elsewhere classified | Understanding political systems | Studies in human society |

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