How the Scots Invented the Modern World

The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It

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Ranked #51 in British History, Ranked #54 in England History — see more rankings.

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics—contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. This book is not just about Scotland: it is an exciting account of the origins of the modern world. No one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots—or the modern West—in the... more

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Charles T. Munger Vice Chairman/Berkshire HathawayA lot of really important stuff like: the first modern nation, the first literate society, the ideas for (modern) democracy and free markets, all originated with the Scots. (Source)

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