Scotland in the Age of Improvement /

Scotland in the Age of Improvement / / Nicholas Phillipson, Rosalind Mitchison.

A new edition of a classic introduction to the history of eighteenth-century Scotland. First published in 1970 it has acquired a new relevance in light of the current political situation in post-devolution Scotland. Explores the history of government, politics, religion, law, education and ideology...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Phillipson, Nicholas,
Mitchison, Rosalind,
MitwirkendeR:
Adam Smith, Janet,
Clark, Ian D. L.,
Clive, John,
Cregeen, Eric,
Mitchison, Rosalind,
Phillipson, N. T.,
Simpson, John M.,
Smout, T. C.,
Stein, Peter,
Withrington, Donald J.,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1996
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction to 1996 Edition
  • Introduction to 1970 Edition
  • 1. The Changing Role of the House of Argyll in the Scottish Highlands
  • 2. The Government and the Highlands, 1707-1745
  • 3. Who Steered the Gravy Train, 1707-1766?
  • 4. The Landowner and the Planned Village in Scotland, 1730 - 1830
  • 5. Some Eighteenth-Century Ideas of Scotland
  • 6. Scottish Public Opinion and the Union in the Age of the Association
  • 7. Law and Society in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Thought
  • 8. Education and Society in the Eighteenth Century
  • 9. From Protest to Reaction: The Moderate Regime in the Church of Scotland, 1752-1805
  • 10. The Social Background of the Scottish Renaissance
  • Index

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