You may have heard that the Irish saved civilization. Well, now you know that the Scots invented it. Or at least that is what Arthur Herman claims.
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It, by Arthur Herman (TPB, 2001, $2)
Created "everything"? Oh, my! That sounds like a bit of an exaggeration, even if the Scots did make "crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics."
Look for this book in the Scottish history section.
