Abstract
Discusses the early years the the Scots Magazine, founded in Edinburgh in 1739, examining the aims of its publishers, and the development of its political and economic views before and after the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46, in light of contemporary Scottish ideas of social and economic improvement.
Recommended Citation
Benchimol, Alex
(2013)
"For "the PROSPERITY OF SCOTLAND": Mediating National Improvement in the Scots Magazine, 1739-49,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 39:
Iss.
1, 82–103.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol39/iss1/10