5 Britain’s Future in a Roman Mirror

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Montesquieu and the Unfree Republic 12
6. 2 Military Government and Empire in the Scottish Enlightenment 39
7. 3 Ferguson and the Moral Foundations of Civil Society 64
8. 4 Trajectories of the Modern Commercial State 92
9. 5 Britain’s Future in a Roman Mirror 119
10. 6 Civil- Military Union and the Modern State 155
11. 7 Revolution and Modern Republicanism 183
12. Conclusion 213
13. Abbreviations 221
14. Notes 223
15. Index 271