Profile
Arthur Herman
Arthur Herman received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins University. He has been professor of history at both George Mason and Georgetown Universities and is now co-ordinator at the Smithsonian’s Western Heritage Programme. His books include The Idea of Decline in Western History.
THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots’ Invention of the Modern World
'Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.' Irvine Welsh, Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most powerful culture in the world.
Publication date: UK 2nd Jan 2003
