| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Medieval Towns -- I. Towns before towns: pre-twelfth-century settlement -- II. First burghs -- III. Built environment -- IV. Keeping order -- 2. Daily Life in the Middle Ages -- I. Markets and merchants -- II. Home life -- III. Health of the townspeople -- IV. Relaxation -- 3. Medieval Faith and the Church -- I. Church routine -- II. Parish and its people -- III. Reformation -- IV. Aftermath of Reformation -- 4. Encroachment on Burgh Society, 1550-1750 -- I. New burghs, markets and shrinking hinterlands -- II. New burghs: two test cases -- III. Urban clearances -- IV. A slow disappearance -- 5. Man-made and Natural Disasters, 1550-1750 -- I. War and occupation in the seventeenth century -- II. Continuing unrest and occupation -- III. Lifestyles -- IV. Famine's devastating and final strike -- 6. Birth of Urban Scotland -- I. Improvement and Enlightenment -- II. Population growth -- III. New townscapes and new identities -- IV. Railways and improving communications -- V. Growing industrialisation -- 7. Victorian Town -- I. Housing conditions and health -- II. Dawning of a better lifestyle -- III. Leisure time -- IV. Changing townscape -- V. Visionary thinking? -- 8. Twentieth Century -- I. Garden City ideal -- II. The `Great War' and the inter-war years -- III. World War II, austerity and recovery -- IV. Modernisation: new ideals or the demolition ball? -- V. Architecture: a mirror of the twentieth century? -- Post-script: Footprints to fragmentation -- Appendix: Population statistics -- a select list. |
| Summary |
This pioneering book tells the story of urban development in Scotland over the course of a millennium, drawing on original research into more than thirty towns, from the smallest settlements to major cities. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Scotland -- Growth -- History.
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Cities and towns. |
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Scotland. |
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Growth. |
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History. |
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Community development, Urban -- Scotland.
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Community development, Urban. |
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Scotland -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dennison, E. Patricia (Elizabeth Patricia). Evolution of Scotland's towns. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] 1474432972 (OCoLC)990366268 |
| ISBN |
9781474409827 (electronic book) |
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1474409822 (electronic book) |
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9781474432979 |
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1474432972 |
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9781474409810 |
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1474409814 |
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9781474409834 EPUB |
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1474409830 EPUB |
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