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I'm guessing you parsed it wrong. "Could this be as influential as Adam Smith's work on the initial settlement of Massachusetts and Virginia" refers to Adam Sm
by georgecmu 8y ago
I'm guessing you parsed it wrong.
"Could this be as influential as Adam Smith's work on the initial settlement of Massachusetts and Virginia" refers to Adam Smith's work on the initial settlement of Massachusetts and Virginia, not to purported Adam Smith's work influence on the initial settlement of Massachusetts and Virginia.
- mirimir 8y agoRight, "on" here means "about". English can be annoying.
- credit_guy 8y agoSo what is that influential work written by Adam Smith and concerning the settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts?
- mirimir 8y agoThe Wealth of Nations. He looked at what Spain, England, etc got out discovery and colonizing America.
- credit_guy 8y agoThat’s a very oblique way of referring to the Wealth of Nations. There are only 4 references to Massachusetts in a 750-page book.
- mirimir 8y agoOK, "peripherally about".