TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillipson,Nicholas
AU  - Adam Smith,Janet
AU  - Clark,Ian D.L.
AU  - Clive,John
AU  - Cregeen,Eric
AU  - Mitchison,Rosalind
AU  - Phillipson,N.T.
AU  - Simpson,John M.
AU  - Smout,T.C.
AU  - Stein,Peter
AU  - Withrington,Donald J.
TI  - Scotland in the Age of Improvement
SN  - 9780748608768
AV  - DA809 .S36 1996eb
U1  - 941.107 21
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Scottish Studies
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780585060859
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780585060859
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780585060859/original
ER  -