|a Civilization, Modern |x Scottish influences. 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. 'That great design' : Scots in America - Light from the North : Scots. 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. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-376) and index. |a How the Scots invented the Modern World : |b the true story of how western Europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it / |c Arthur Herman. How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William “Braveheart” Wallace to James Bond.Īnd no one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots-or the modern West-in the same way again.|a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d PGC |d NLC |d BAKER |d NLGGC |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d OCLCG 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. 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. Herman has charted a fascinating journey across the centuries of Scottish history. 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 politics-contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. An exciting account of the origins of the modern world

How the scots invented the modern world