The Third Duke of Buccleuch and Adam Smith - (Scottish Historical Review Monographs) by Brian Bonnyman (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book examines the career of Henry Scott, third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812), with particular focus on his relationship with his tutor and friend, the philosopher Adam Smith, and the management of his extensive Scottish estates.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Henry Scott, the third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812), presided over the management of one of the largest landed estates in Britain during a time of dramatic agrarian, social and political change. Tutored and advised by the philosopher Adam Smith, the Duke was also an important patron of the Scottish Enlightenment, lauded by the Edinburgh literati the as an exemplar of patriotic nobility and civic virtue, while his alliance with Henry Dundas dominated Scottish politics for almost forty years. Combining the approaches of intellectual, economic and landscape history, this book examines the life and career of the third Duke, focusing in particular on his relationship with Adam Smith and the improvement of his extensive Scottish estates. By examining the influence of one of the eighteenth century's foremost philosophers of improvement upon the career of one Scotland's largest landowners, this book explores the various influences - intellectual, economic, moral and political - which helped shape Scotland's distinctive agricultural revolution. In its exploration of the cultural as well as the economic roots of improvement and in its assessment of previously unappreciated aspect of Adam Smith's career, this book will appeal to both specialist scholars and general readers interested in the Scottish Enlightenment, estate management and the culture of improvement in eighteenth-century Scotland.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The first critical study of the life and career of Henry Scott, third Duke of Buccleuch The third duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812) presided over the management of one of Britain's largest landed estates during a period of profound agrarian, social and political change. Tutored by the philosopher Adam Smith, the duke was also a leading patron of the Scottish Enlightenment, lauded by the Edinburgh literati as an exemplar of patriotic nobility and civic virtue, while his alliance with Henry Dundas dominated Scottish politics for almost 40 years. Combining the approaches of intellectual, economic and agrarian history, this book examines the life and career of the third duke, focusing in particular on his relationship with Adam Smith and the improvement of his vast Border estates, assessing the influence of Enlightenment thought on agricultural revolution. In its exploration of the cultural as well as the economic roots of Improvement and in its assessment of a previously unappreciated aspect of Smith's career, this book has appeal for both specialist scholars and general readers interested in the Scottish Enlightenment and the culture of Improvement in 18th-century Scotland. Brian Bonnyman is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Edinburgh where he completed his doctoral thesis on agricultural improvement in the Scottish Enlightenment, which was awarded the Jeremiah Dalziel Prize for British History. He has taught at the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen and is currently an independent historian. Cover image: Portrait of Henry, third duke of Buccleuch, by Joshua Reynolds, PRA (c) The Trustees of the ninth duke of Buccleuch's Chattels Fund Cover design: Cathy Sprent [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><br>A detailed and surprisingly gripping account of improvement in action... Bonnyman's careful analysis of the Buccleuch archive provides a convincing account of the aristocratic contribution to Scotland's agricultural improvement, and it will prove an invaluable tool for anyone interested in the<br>subject. -- Alexander Dick, Eighteenth-Century Scotland <br><p></p><br>This volume paints a complex picture with an admirably light touch; it deserves its place in a prestigious publishing series and makes a key addition to a wide range of historical and intellectual fields. -- Annie Tindley, Agricultural History Review <br><p></p><br>Bonnyman's book shows us how to weave together intellectual, economic and political history in new exciting ways. This is a superb book that deserves to be widely read. -- Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies <br><p></p><br>Early on in this interesting and multi-faceted tale, the author reminds economic historians that improvement was not just about productivity as revealed by our crunching of numbers but also through changing moral, philosophic, and aesthetic values... Brian Bonnyman has fashioned an interesting and<br>equally balanced approach to the life and times of a complex man in his complex time. -- Michael Turner, Economic History Review <br><p></p><br>[This volume] highlights Smith's role as both tutor and adviser to the duke and shows that Smith's ideas had an important infl uence on his pupil's attempts to improve his estates. The book can be read as a case study of the ways in which the intellectual concerns of the Scottish Enlightenment and<br>its associated culture of improvement infl uenced the management of a nobleman's landed estate. -- Hiroyuki Furuya, Journal of the History of Economic Thought<p></p><br>An intriguing view into the estate management and improvement policies of the third duke of Buccleuch, an often-overlooked figure within the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. -- Daniel Bochman, University of Edinburgh, Northern Scotland<p></p><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Brian Bonnyman is Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.<p>
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