Interpretation of Adam Smith and Scottish Enlightenment Culture
by John Dwyer
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781898410171
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2001-01-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Tuckwell Press Ltd
220 Pages
This study argues that the 18th century, so long regarded as the age of reason, should also be considered the age of passions. Eighteenth-century writers began to explore self-interest, sociability and love, and to manipulate them in ways that would have momentous consequences for the development of Western culture.
Army, Empire and the Scottish Highlands, 1715-1815
by Andrew MacKillop
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781862321618
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2001-01-25
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Tuckwell Press Ltd
282 Pages
This text analyses the origins, development and impact of British army recruiting in the Scottish Highlands from 1739 to 1815. It examines the interaction of government, landlords and tenancy with an emphasis on tenant reactions to recruiting.
Political Thought in Renaissance and Reformation Scotland
by Roger A. Mason
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781862320116
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2001-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Tuckwell Press Ltd
350 Pages
This collection of essays brings together some of the fruits of over a decade of research into the political thought and culture of Renaissance and Reformation Scotland.
A comprehensive view of the lives of women in Scotland from 1100 to 1750, based on a wide range of archival sources, including Court of Session records and Middle Scots poetry. Amongst the women featured are nuns, brewers, widows, witches, and wives of ministers of the kirk.
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