Political History of Eighteenth-Century Scotland

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

• PrefaceThe Price of Scotland?The Politics of Great BritainThe Struggle for Control, 1707-1725From Ilay to DundasElections, Patronage and CorruptionThe JacobitesThe Leadership's Ideas and AspirationsReaction and RadicalismIndex.

'Shaw's book is to be welcomed precisely because it is (courteously) provocative and because it tries to deal with problems rather than being concerned merely to deliver a narrative for those unfamiliar with the period.' - Emma Vincent Macleod, H-Albion 'The author sets out to discuss issues rather than provide a narrative for students who are wholly unfamiliar with the period. His work is clearly written and readable and the chapters are subdivided in a way that aids notemaking.' - Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum, Annotated Bibliography for Georgians and Jacobites: Scotland 1715-1800 'This...will make an ideal textbook for students in the expanded teaching of Scottish history that everyone wants to see.' - Michael Fry, The Herald