The Political History of Eighteenth-Century Scotland

1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-59585-5
Verlag: Macmillan Education

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: British History in Perspective

This study looks afresh at the assumption that those in the Scottish parliament who voted for the union of 1707 sold their country. The world of Scottish politics after the union is then explored from the perspective of the people at the top of the ruling elite. It is the world of the squadrone, Argyll, Ilay, Bute and Dundas, where there was little civic virtue. Much is learned by looking at the century as a whole in describing their struggles, their motives and ideas, their place within the politics of Great Britain and the challenges to their complacency.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- The Price of Scotland?.- The Politics of Great Britain.- The Struggle for Control, 1707-1725.- From Ilay to Dundas.- Elections, Patronage and Corruption.- The Jacobites.- The Leadership's Ideas and Aspirations.- Reaction and Radicalism.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN STUART SHAW is Head of the Corporate and Private Records Branch of the National Archives of Scotland.