The Scottish town in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1740-1820 / Bob Harris and Charles McKean.

By: Harris, Bob, 1964- [author.]Contributor(s): McKean, Charles [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (658 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780748692583 (e-book)Subject(s): Cities and towns -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century | Cities and towns -- Scotland -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scottish town in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1740-1820.DDC classification: 307.7609411/09033 LOC classification: HT133 | .H37 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Part 1. Towns and improvement -- Scottish towns in context -- Urban improvement -- Urban embellishment and public buildings -- A tale of five towns -- Part 2. Society and culture -- Middling ranks, homes and possessions -- Cultural life: transformation and adaptatiion -- 'Community', order and the stability of the burgh.
Summary: "A collaborative history, melding together political, social, economic, urban and architectural histories, to achieve a comprehensive perspective on the nature of the Scottish Georgian town. Not so much a history by growth and numbers, this pioneering study of Scottish urbanization explores the type of change and the quality of result."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [553]-594) and index.

Part 1. Towns and improvement -- Scottish towns in context -- Urban improvement -- Urban embellishment and public buildings -- A tale of five towns -- Part 2. Society and culture -- Middling ranks, homes and possessions -- Cultural life: transformation and adaptatiion -- 'Community', order and the stability of the burgh.

"A collaborative history, melding together political, social, economic, urban and architectural histories, to achieve a comprehensive perspective on the nature of the Scottish Georgian town. Not so much a history by growth and numbers, this pioneering study of Scottish urbanization explores the type of change and the quality of result."--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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