Bibliograph

How the Scots invented the Modern World, the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it, Arthur Herman

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How the Scots invented the Modern World, the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it, Arthur Herman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-376) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the Scots invented the Modern World

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46857817

Responsibility statement

Arthur Herman

Sub title

the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it

Summary

"Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politicscontributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. Here is the untold story of how John Knox and the Church of Scotland laid the foundation for our modern idea of democracy; how the Scottish Enlightenment helped to inspire both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution; and how thousands of Scottish immigrants left their homes to create the American frontier, the Australian outback, and the British Empire in India and Hong Kong. No one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scotsor the modern Westin the same way again."--, adapted from Amazon

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Epiphany. The new Jerusalem -- A trap of their own making -- The proper study of mankind I -- The proper study of mankind II -- A land divided -- Last stand -- Profitable ventures -- A select society : Adam Smith and his friends -- pt. 2. Diaspora. "That great design" : Scots in America -- Light from the North : Scots, liberals, and reform -- The last minstrel : Sir Walter Scott and the Highland revival -- Practical matters : Scots in science and industry -- The sun never sets : Scots and the British Empire -- Self-made men : Scots in the United States

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