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# Commercial Society Formation
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## Definition
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The development of social and economic structures characterized by specialized labor, market exchange, and commercial relationships that replace earlier forms of economic organization based on self-sufficiency, feudal obligations, or simple barter.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 3
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## Context
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Smith discusses how commercial society creates new forms of economic interdependence and requires different principles of governance than earlier social forms, particularly in managing international trade relationships.
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## Economic Domain
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General Theory
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