The Scottish town in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1740-1820 / / Bob Harris and Charles McKean.
"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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (658 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Table of 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.