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Scotland in the Age of Improvement / Nicholas Phillipson, Rosalind Mitchison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748608768
  • 9780585060859
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.107 21
LOC classification:
  • DA809 .S36 1996eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780585060859

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)