Scotland in the Age of Improvement

Essays in Scottish History in the Eighteenth Century

• Author(s): Nicholas T. Phillipson, Nicholas Phillipson, Rosalind Mitchison,
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Pages: 270
• ISBN_10: 0748608761
  ISBN_13: 9780748608768
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... 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 in this remarkably fertile period and characterises some of the astonishing cultural and economic achievements of this 'semi-independent' eighteenth-century country.