How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story

[festival of snickers]

How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It (Paperback)

http://www.amazon.com/How-Scots-Invented-Modern-World/dp/0609809997

im reading this book

says scots ran those out of town who wouldnt sign some thing and rebel on page 21 or 22

reminds me of alex jones and jack blood forum members hating me for not always agreeing

will history repeat itself?

[rodin]

Scots ran to France and started Scottish Rite

Brown, Bliar, every where

On anther forum - two most over-represented groups are Jews and Scots

It's true. And I'm a Scot. Self-hating one?

[PaulStott]

For balance, I hope it mentions the Scottish origins of the Ku Klux Klan.....

[ian neal]

Let's not forget how influential Scottish football was in the early days of the game

[rodin]

[PaulStott]

The person who wrote some good stuff on it was Irvine Welsh - no idea if it is on-line.

To be honest I have always hated the way some Scots (those on the left are actually the worst) cherry-pick their nations history, and would almost have you believe that the Scots had played no role in the British Empire, or its worst associated problem - racism.

The British Empire would have been impossible without Scottish engineers, Welsh soldiers, Irish missionaries and English administrators - but you won't hear that said too often north of the border.