The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman

The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World

Arthur Herman

454 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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This work presents the history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most powerful culture in the world. Within one hundred years, the nation that began the 18th century dominated b...

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