The Scottish Enlightenment and the Militia Issue
- ISBN-10
- 0859761096
- ISBN-13
- 9780859761093
- Category
- History / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- J. Donald
- Author
- John Robertson
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