Books like History of Economic Thought: A Critical Perspective

I've read many things from Hunt mainly because I attended the University of Utah where Hunt had taught previously. While this book is fantastic for exploring different economic ideas over time it falls short in the critique and arguments against several theorists such as Smith or Mill. I love studying much of the doctrine of economics as I search to find my own concrete theories concerning the theory of value, human nature, and economic systems in which the most can be gained. I feel however that this book fails to deliver the more important aspects of explaining the purpose and conclusions of the authors studied and instead briefly describes their theories and moves straight to jumping into arbitrary critiques. Not a bad read, but there are better ways to study economic history.