| The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820 Contributor(s): Harris, Bob (Author), McKean, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748692576 ISBN-13: 9780748692576 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 18th Century - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 307.760 |
| LCCN: 2014497082 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (2.75 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This heavily illustrated and innovative study is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers' tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It establishes a distinctive history for the development of Scots burghs, their living patterns and legislative controls, and shows that the Scottish urban experience was quite different from other parts of Britain. With population expansion, and economic and social improvement, Scots of the time experienced immense change both in terms of urban behaviour and the decay of ancient privileges and restrictions. This volume shows how the Scots Georgian burgh developed to become a powerfully controlled urban community, with disturbance deliberately designed out. This is 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. |