Enlightenment and change : Scotland, 1746-1832 /

The period from the Jacobite rebellion (1745) to the Scottish Reform Act (1832) saw the rise of some of the most influential thinkers of the contemporary world. Bruce Lenman provides a compact survey of developments in Enlightenment Scotland.The Reform Act spelled the end of political and social sys...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lenman, Bruce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:New history of Scotland.
Temas:
1700-1899
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Siècle des Lumières > Écosse.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Enlightenment
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Scotland > History > 18th century.
Scotland > History > 19th century.
Scotland > Politics and government > 18th century.
Scotland > Politics and government > 19th century.
Scotland > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Scotland > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Écosse > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Écosse > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Écosse > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
Écosse > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Scotland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scotland on the eve of the agricultural and industrial revolutions
  • The age of Islay 1746-1761
  • Integration and expansion 1760-1775
  • Scotland and the American Revolution 1775-1784
  • The first phase of the Dundas Ascendancy 1784-1793
  • The Melvilles and their systems under the pressures of war 1793-1815
  • Change: the underlying time bomb 1790-1815
  • The last hurrahs of the old regime 1815-1827
  • Meltdown and reconfiguration 1827-1832.

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