Scotland in the Age of Improvement : essays in Scottish history in the eighteenth century / editied by Nicholas Phillipson, Rosalind Mitchison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillipson, N. T. (Nicholas T.), Author.

Contributor:

Phillipson, N. T. (Nicholas T.), Contributor.

Mitchison, Rosalind, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--History--18th century.

Scotland.

Scotland--Social conditions--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-06085-1