The volume covers many of the most significant themes in pre-industrial Scottish society.

A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of

In 1603, England and Scotland came together and Great Britain was created. But how did this union last when so many others in Europe have failed? This volume pr

This book challenges conventional wisdom and provides new insights into Scottish social and economic history. Christopher A. Whatley argues that the Union of 17