The Scottish Enlightenment: Essays in Reinterpretation. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)

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Paul Wood, ed. The Scottish Enlightenment: Essays in Reinterpretation. Rochester, N.Y: University of Rochester Press; dist. by Boydell and Brewer, Rochester, N.Y 2000. Pp. xi, 399. $75.00. ISBN 1-58046-065-8.

This collection, dedicated to Roger L. Emerson upon his retirement, addresses crucial issues in the historiographical debate on the Scottish Enlightenment: what were its original fields? How was it shaped by local interests? Was it a movement of an elite, or of an entire society? What was its impact on the social context? What did it contribute to the European ...

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