Eighteenth Century Scotland New Perspectives
Synopsis
This impressive collection of essays is based on a two-year seminar series of the Research centre in Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde. New and original research, as well as historiographical overviews and commentaries, illuminate the study of this formative century in the creation of modern Scotland. Contributors are leading figures in their fields, and the Scottish experience is examined within an international dimension. Topics include Scottish modernisation before the Industrial Revolution, the Union of 1707, Scotland and British expansion, Scottish Jacobitism, the Catholic underground, Scottish national identity, the Scottish Enlightenment, urbanisation, demographic change, Scottish Gaeldom, Highland estate management and tenant emigration, and Scottish radicalism.Contributors: Thomas M. Devine, John R. Young, Michael Fry, Allan I. Macinnes, James F. McMillan, Alexander Murdoch, Richard J. Finlay, Jane Rendall, Bernard Aspinwall, Ian D. Whyte, Robert E. Tyson, T. C. Smout, Andrew Mackillop, Christopher A. Whatley, Elaine W. McFarland.
Book details
- Author:
- T.M. Devine and J.R. Young
- ISBN:
- 9781788855532
- Publisher:
- Birlinn
- Pages:
- 300
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2023-10-12
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Copyright by:
- The Editors and Contributors severally
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
-
English
- Categories:
-
History, Nonfiction