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The Wealth of Nations

In Our Time

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The History of Scotland Before the 17th Century

The 17th century is characterised by religious and civil wars. All states had to become commercial if they wanted to maintain themselves. The Scots in the 1690s attempt to create a commercial empire, the Darien scheme on the Ismos of Panama. And then we have the great fact about 18th century Scottish history, which is the union of 1707 when the parliaments of England and Scotland vote to get rid of the Scottish Parliament. That's just such a remarkable experiment, and the big question is how successful was it?

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