Michael Perelman wrote: >To what extent was the Wealth of Nation written as a blueprint for Scotland >rather than England? > I'm not sure he meant it as a "blueprint" for anywhere. On Smith in relation to Scotland and Scottish though in general, you might find the following worth a look: Fay, C[harles]. R. Adam Smith and the Scotland of His Day, Publications of the Department of Social and Economic Research No. 3, Cambridge University Press, 1956 Macfie, A[lec]. L. (1955), "The Scottish Tradition in Economic Thought", Scottish Journal of Political Economy, II, pp. 81-103; reprinted in Idem, The Individual in Society: Papers on Adam Smith, University of Glasgow Social and Economic Studies, ns. No. 11, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1967, pp. 19-41 There is, of course, now a huge literature on the Scottish Enlightenment in general, and the relation of Smith's thought to the broader Scottish thought of his time. Chris R. Tame