TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Bob AU - McKean,Charles TI - The Scottish town in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1740-1820 AV - HT133 .H37 2014 U1 - 307.7609411/09033 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Cities and towns KW - Scotland KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - "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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4306120 ER -