Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Scotland After 1688
2. Three Dimensions of Socio-Economic Crisis: the 1690s
3. From Hanoverian Succession to Incorporating Union, 1700-1707
4. Scotland and the British State: From Crisis to Consolidation, 1708-1716
5. Agricultural Improvement and Social Transformation, 1716-1744
6. The End of the British Revolution, 1745-1746
Conclusion
Appendix: Marx and Engels on Scotland
Bibliographical Essay
Notes and References

About the Author

Neil Davidson is the author of the highly praised The Origins of Scottish Nationhood and several articles on Scottish history, national identity and Marxist theory. He is an Associate Lecturer with the Social Sciences Faculty of the Open University in Scotland.

Reviews

'A provocative new book - restores the tradition of narrative to the art of history writing'
*The Scotsman*