The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World. - Couverture souple

Herman, Arthur

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841152765 ISBN 13 : 9781841152769

Editeur : Fourth Estate Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

The Scottish Enlightenment The Scots Invention Of The Modern World, 9781841152769

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arthur Herman received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University and has been professor of history at both George Mason and Georgetown Universities. He is now Co-ordinator at the Smithsonian's Western Heritage Programme, and has served as historical consultant to Time-Life Books. He is the author of The Idea of Decline in Western History.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

"Herman's book tells an exciting story with gusto. Entertaining and illuminating."
JENNY UGLOW, 'Sunday Times'

Arthur Herman argues that Scotland's turbulent history, from William Wallace to the Presbyterian Lords of the Covenant, laid the foundations for 'the Scottish miracle'. Within one hundred years, the nation that began the eighteenth century dominated by the harsh and repressive Scottish Kirk had evolved into Europe's most literate society, producing an idea of modernity that has shaped much of civilisation as we know it. He follows the lives and work of thinkers such as Adam Smith and David Hume, writers such as Burns and Boswell, as well as architects, technicians and inventors, and traces their legacy into the twentieth century. Written with wit, erudition and clarity, 'The Scottish Enlightenment' claims the Scot's rightful place in the history of the western world.

"Stimulating. A work which deserves to be bought by any interested reader."
NOEL MALCOLM, 'Sunday Telegraph'

"Compulsively readable."
PAUL HENDERSON, 'Sunday Herald'

"A sparkling book. Herman argues his case with an impressive accumulation of evidence."
'New Statesman'

"Herman carries his thesis off with brio."
ARNOLD KEMP, 'Observer'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841152765
• ISBN 13: 9781841152769
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 466
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