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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813882003321

Autore

Harris Bob <1964->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-7486-9259-2

0-7486-9258-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (658 p.)

Disciplina

941.1073

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Scotland - History - 18th century

Cities and towns - Scotland - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [553]-594) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.