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  • © 1999

The Political History of Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Authors:

  1. John Stuart Shaw
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  • The only book available devoted to the subject of eighteenthcentury Scottish politics
    Includes much new research on the subject
    Scottish politics and devolution are topics of much interest at the moment this book tells of the beginning of the Scottish union with England

Part of the book series: British History in Perspective (BHP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Price of Scotland?

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Politics of Great Britain

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 18-37

  4. The Struggle for Control, 1707–25

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 38-62

  5. From Ilay to Dundas

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 63-83

  6. The Jacobites

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 84-92

  7. The Leadership’s Ideas and Aspirations

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 93-107

  8. Reaction and Radicalism

    • John Stuart Shaw
    Pages 108-128

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 129-151
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About this book

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.
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About the author

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