Georgian Era (1714-1837)

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Adam Ferguson and the Politics of Virtue

Edited by Michael Brown & Jack A Hill
Subjects: Philosophy, Modern, History, Georgian Era (1714-1837), Political

Edited collection examining Scottish Enlightenment Philosopher Adam Ferguson as a teacher of moral philosophy, his political views and his historical treatment of the Roman Republic. The book offers an assessment of his intellectual influence and legacy.

Tiger Duff

India, Madeira and Empire in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

By Alistair Mutch
Subjects: History, Georgian Era (1714-1837)

Scot Patrick ‘Tiger’ Duff (1742–1803) rose to the rank of General in the East India Company, making a fortune in India. This book chronicles his eventful life in Britain, India and Madeira, tracing Imperial trade and its connections back to Scotland

James Boswell

By Murray Pittock
Subjects: History, Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Series: Aberdeen Introductions to Irish and Scottish Culture

This study of James Boswell (1740-95) examines his political and religious sympathies with Jacobitism, Scotland and Catholicism and the way in which he understood his own, and his country’s, uncertain place in the new world of British imperial opportunity

Adam Ferguson

By David Allan
Subjects: History, Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Series: Aberdeen Introductions to Irish and Scottish Culture

This innovative study of Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) sets out to introduce this much-misunderstood figure to a new and wider audience. It explores the deep Scottish and European roots of Ferguson’s thought

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