The Anglo-Scottish union crisis is used to demonstrate the growing influence of popular opinion in this period.

Introduction
Politics and Communications in post-Revolution Scotland
Oppositional opinion politics
The government and public opinion
Public discourse on the Union, 1699-1705
Public discourse on the Union treaty
Addresses against the treaty
Crowds and collective resistance to the treaty
Conclusions: public opinion and the making of the Union of 1707
Bibliography
Index