Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. 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.
Chapter 2. A Trap of Their Own Making
Chapter 3. The Proper Study of Mankind I
Chapter 4. The Proper Study of Mankind II
Chapter 7. Profitable Ventures
Chapter 8. A Select Society: Adam Smith and His Friends
Chapter 9. “That Great Design”: Scots in America
Chapter 10. Light from the North: Scots, Liberals, and Reform
Chapter 11. The Last Minstrel: Sir Walter Scott and the Highland Revival
Chapter 12. Practical Matters: Scots in Science and Industry
Chapter 13. The Sun Never Sets: Scots and the British Empire
Chapter 14. Self-Made Men: Scots in the United States
Sources and Guide for Further Reading