Discovering the Scottish Revolution 1692–1746

This work of historical scholarship offers a reassessment of Scottish politics and society in the late 17th and early 18th century, arguing that Scotland experienced a revolution during this period that has rerely been recognized in the existing historiography.The author explores the political and economic changes of these years, revealing how social and economic power was transferred from one class to another.

He describes how Scotland was transformed from a backward and feudal economy to a new centre of emergent capitalism.

He traces the economic and social crisis that led to Scotland's incorporation into the Union in 1707, but argues that the Union did not lead the transformation of Scottish society.

The decisive period was instead the aftermath of the last Jacobite revolt in 1746, whose failure was integral to the survival and consolidation of British, and ultimately global capitalism.