A blind spot? the birth of an ideology clearing away the rubbish print culture nationalising religion the culture of science anatomising human nature the science of politics secularising modernising happiness from good sense to sensibility nature did the mind have a sex? education - a panacea the vulgar the pursuit of wealth reform progress the revolutionary era - "modern philosophy" lasting light?

Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World

The British Industrial Revolution triggered a socioeconomic transformation whereby the landowning aristocracy was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. We propose a theory of preference formation under financial market imperfections that can account for this pattern. Parents shape their children’s preferences in response to economic incentives. Middle-class families in occupations requiring effort, skill, and experience develop patience and a work ethic, whereas upper-class families relying on rental income cultivate a refined taste for leisure. These class-specific attitudes, which are rooted in the nature of preindustrial professions, become key determinants of success once industrialization transforms the economic landscape. I. INTRODUCTION The Industrial Revolution was more than capital accumulation and growth. It also set off a social and political transformation that redefined hierarchies in society and reshaped the distribution of income and wealth. Before the onset of industrialization in eighteenth-century Britain, wealth and political power were associated with the possession of land. Over the course of the nineteenth century, a new class of entrepreneurs and businessmen emerged as the economic elite. For the most part, the members of this class rose from humble beginnings and had their social origins in the urban middle classes. The landed elite was left behind and eventually lost its political and economic predominance. Many observers of the time linked this reversal in economic fortunes to differences in values, attitudes, and ultimately preferences across social classes. There are countless examples, both in scholarly and in fictional writing, of portrayals of members of the landowning class as averse to work, unwilling to save, ill-disposed tocommercialactivity,andunabletoconsidermoneyassomething

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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism

This bibliography is a continuation of and a complement to those published in the Urban History Yearbook 1974–91 and Urban History 1992–2002. The arrangement and format closely follows that of previous years. There is an index of towns on pp. 504–507. The list of abbreviations identifies only those periodicals from which articles cited this year have been taken.

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Current bibliography of urban history

1. Economic growth during the long twentieth century Nicholas Crafts 2. From empire to Europe: Britain in the world economy Kevin O'Rourke 3. Population, migration and labour supply Tim Hatton 4. Health and welfare Bernard Harris 5. Income and living standards Ian Gazeley 6. Technology, innovation and economic growth Tom Nicholas 7. Consumption and affluence Avner Offer 8. Cycles and depressions Matthias Morys 9. The City and the corporate economy David Chambers 10. Armaments and the economy Jari Eloranta 11. The deindustrial revolution: the rise and fall of UK manufacturing, 1870-2010 Michael Kitson and Jonathan Michie 12. The rise of the service sector Steve Broadberry 13. The household economy Peter Scott 14. Growth of the public sector Bob Millward 15. Soft power: the media industries Gerben Bakker 16. Sterling and monetary policy Catherine Schenk 17. Economic policy and management Roger Middleton 18. Economic ideas and ideology Roger Backhouse and Keith Tribe.

The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain

Migration: Pre-Requisite for Rural Economic Regeneration?.

Part 1 1700-1760: Scotland in Great Britain the Jacobite challenge the Union and the economy roots of Enlightenment the parish state. Part 2 1760-1830: Scotland transformed the rural lowlands - the old world and the new urbanization the disintegration of clanship the old regime and radical protest highlandism and Scottish identity. Part 3 1830-1939: the world's workshop politics, power and identity in Victorian Scotland the decline and fall of liberal hegemony the Scottish city religion and society educating the people the highlands and crofting society land, elites and people emigrants new Scots Scottish women - family, work and politics. Part 4 1939-2000: war and peace the Scottish question a nation reborn?.

The Scottish nation 1700-2000

The "Scottish Nation" examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Drawing on the latest research, Devine places Scotland firmly within an international context and provides a key focus for the ongoing debate regarding Scotland's future. This new edition brings the reader up-to-date with Scotland's recent history, from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality.

The Scottish Nation

Original archive material is used in this book to explore the social revolution when, in the 18th-century, the old peasant society of lowland Scotland was replaced by a new order of capitalist farmers and landless labourers

The Transformation of Rural Scotland: Social Change and the Agrarian Economy, 1660-1815

A dazzling account of Scotland's role in the world by Scotland's bestselling historian. The Scots had an enormous impact on the global development of the British Empire as emigrants, soldiers, merchants and colonial administrators. Scotland's Empire provides a comprehensive examination of their crucial role during the formative era of the long eighteenth century. The book ranges from the Americas to Australia and from the Caribbean islands to India. It explores in depth many key themes including the slave trade, the Scots on the colonial frontier, Highland soldiers, the saga of the Ulster Scots, the effect of the Scottish Enlightenment and the connection between empire and the economic revolution in Scotland itself.

Thomas Devine

Papers

The Scottish nation 1700-2000

The Scottish Nation

The Transformation of Rural Scotland: Social Change and the Agrarian Economy, 1660-1815

Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815

Social Stability and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Lowlands of Scotland, 1810-1840