Introduction, Eugene Heath, Vincenzo Merolle; Part I Life and Works; Chapter 1 Ferguson's Epistolary Self, John D. Brewer; Chapter 2 Ferguson and Scottish History: Past and Present in an Essay on the History of Civil Society, David Allan; Chapter 3 Ferguson'S Use of the Edinburgh University Library: 1764-1806, Jane B. Fagg; Part II In History; Chapter 4 Ferguson's Reflections Previous to the Establishment of a Militia, David Raynor; Chapter 5 Ferguson's Views on the American and French Revolutions, Yasuo Amoh; Chapter 6 Political Education for Empire and Revolution, David Kettler; Part III On History; Chapter 7 Ferguson, Roman History and the Threat of Military Government in Modern Europe, Iain McDaniel; Chapter 8 Ferguson's 'Appropriate Stile' in Combining History and Science: The History of Historiography Revisited, Annette Meyer; Part IV Human Nature, Action and Progress; Chapter 9 Ferguson's Politics of Action, Fania Oz-Salzberger; Chapter 10 Ferguson and the Active Genius of Mankind, Craig Smith; Chapter 11 Providence and Progress: The Religious Dimension in Ferguson's Discussion of Civil Society, Jeng-Guo S. Chen;
