An Outline of the Scottish Economy in the Eighteenth Century

Seminar paper from the year 1983 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: mit Erfolg, Bielefeld University (Sprachenzentrum), course: Scots, Scotland and the Scottish, language: English, abstract: First, as a theoretical introduction some important political Scottish economists, their ideas and publications are presented. From a political point of view some economic consequences of the union of the two parliaments of 1707 are explicated. Next a sector by sector analysis of the Scottish economy in the 18th century is briefly outlined. The impact of the North American independence on the Scottish foreign trade and trade routes is explicated. The final observations summarize the results of the findings and focus on later economic developments of Scotland until the end of the 1970ies.