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| How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It | 
 enlarge | Author: Arthur Herman
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 4513
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0609809997
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.1
EAN: 9780609809990
ASIN: 0609809997
Publication Date: September 24, 2002
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Condition: Trade Paperback. / Three Rivers Press: 24 September, 2002; 472 pp / Condition: Very good condition., Stock#: 783265 (60-D) * * WE SHIP NEXT BUSINESS DAY * *
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Turth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But.... January 25, 2002
3 out of 19 found this review helpful
Absolutely fabulous - perfect in every way...
 Absolute Rubbish January 23, 2002
11 out of 59 found this review helpful
Everyone knows that Welsh invented civilisation as we know it. Go Rangers!!!!
re greenrug's review January 16, 2002
2 out of 27 found this review helpful
suggest that greenrug look up the word EPISCOPAL and ANGLICAN in an Oxford English Dictionary.
Honest to God January 14, 2002
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
Actually, the "Episcopal Church of Scotland" .... is the name for the Anglican Church in Scotland. Don't let a misapprehension turn you off!
A great book January 6, 2002
53 out of 57 found this review helpful
This book may do for the Scots what Thomas Cahill did for the Irish when he wrote "How the Irish Saved Western Civilization." It's a highly readable and impressive piece of scholarship on an aspect of history that's been overlooked or ignored: How much our modern culture owes to the people of Scotland. It neatly manages to celebrate the Scottish achievement without veering into any kind of ethnic chauvinism. The author, incidentally, is not Scottish--he's merely a historian and a storyteller, telling us something we probably haven't heard before. People of Scottish ancestry will love this book, but so will anyone who enjoys learning about how we became who we are.
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