A living exploration of contemporary Rome's urban transformations, inequalities, activisms, and social dynamics
Revealing dynamic dialogues between early modern China and Latin America through a new methodology
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.
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
When Catholicism was illegal in early-modern Scotland, southern Germany became home to Scottish Benedictine monks who educated their fellow Scots and their German hosts, while making significant contributions to the wider European Enlightenment movement.
John Witherspoon (1723 – 1794) is remembered today as one of only two Scots among the 56 ‘signers’ of the Declaration of American Independence. This book focuses on his earlier career in Scotland and his involvement in the Snodgrass affair in Edinburgh.
This short memoir of the Scottish farmworker John Dickie, reflects not only his personal rhythms of life and work, but also the impact of regional and national issues on the farming communities of Victorian Aberdeenshire.
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
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