The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World

About this book

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 politicscontributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. This book is not just about Scotland: it is an exciting account of the origins of the modern world. No one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scotsor the modern Westin the same way again.