Herman focuses principally on individuals, presenting their biographies in the context of their individual fields and also in terms of the theme of Scottish contributions to the world. The book examines the origins of the Scottish Enlightenment and what impact it had on the modern world. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It (or The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots invention of the Modern World) is a non-fiction book written by American historian Arthur Herman. In 2008, he added to his body of work Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. His book, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, was a New York Times bestseller. He was the founder and coordinator of the Western Heritage Program in the Smithsonian's Campus on the Mall lecture series. Herman taught at Sewanee: The University of the South, George Mason University, Georgetown and The Catholic University of America. His 1984 dissertation research dealt with the political thought of early-17th-century French Huguenots. He spent a semester abroad at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland. in history from Johns Hopkins University. from the University of Minnesota and M.A. Herman (born 1956) is an American historian, currently serving as a senior fellow at Hudson Institute.
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