Discovering the Scottish Revolution, 1692-1746 / Neil Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Neil, 1957-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--Politics and government--1689-1745.

Scotland.

Scotland--History--Revolution of 1688.

Scotland--Social conditions--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This major new work of historical scholarship offers a groundbreaking reassessment of Scottish politics and society in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century that is set to become a standard work on the subject. Neil Davidson argues that Scotland experienced a revolution during this period that has rarely been recognised in the existing historiography. Davidson explores the political and economic changes of these years, revealing how social and economic power was transferred from one class to another. He describes how Scotland was transformed from a backward and feudal economy to a new centre of emergent capitalism. He traces the economic and social crisis that led to Scotland's incorporation into the Union in 1707, but argues that the Union did not lead to the transformation of Scottish society. The decisive period was instead the aftermath of the last Jacobite revolt in 1746, whose failure was integral to the survival and consolidation of British, and ultimately global capitalism. 'His opinions are bound to cause controversy and discussion ... a good thing as Scottish history desperately needs the airing and voicing of new approaches.' John R Young, Albion. 'What is so good about Neil Davidson's brave study is that he brings a Marxist perspective to bear on Scottish history in very clear and readable prose. Quotations and statistics drawn from uncannily wide reading will make this book of great value even to those who disagree with it.' Angus Calder, author of Revolutionary Empire and Revolving Culture: Notes from the Scottish Republic

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-363) and index.

ISBN:

9781783715718

1783715715

9781849641913

1849641919

9780585489049

0585489041

OCLC:

929138737