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Scotland in the Eighteenth Century - Union and Enlightenment (Hardcover)
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Scotland in the Eighteenth Century - Union and Enlightenment (Hardcover)
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This is an introduction to Scottish history in the 18th which is
completely up-to-date and gives equal emphasis to politics and
religion. Once a small and isolated country with an unenviable
reputation for poverty and instability, by 1800 Scotland it was
emerging as an economic powerhouse, a major colonial power and an
internationally acclaimed center of European philosophy, science
and literature. This thematic investigation explores the
experiences and responses of a people whose world was being
fundamentally reconfigured and offers some topical and
thought-provoking lessons from a dramatic period when, willingly or
with great reluctance, the Scots adapted themselves to rapidly
changing circumstances. Starting with the threshold of the Act of
Union (1707) and running through to 1800 and the outbreak of the
Napoleonic Wars, This book covers the impact of the Enlightenment
on Scotland and Scotland's own very significant contribution to
this via Adam Smith, David Hume and their circle. Setting social,
cultural and economic analyses within a firm political framework,
Scotland's internal story is placed in the wider context of
Britain, Europe and Empire, and her role and identity within the
newly united Britain assessed.
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