| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-594) and index. |
| Contents |
Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Towns and Improvement -- 1 Scottish Towns in Context -- 2 Urban Improvement -- 3 Urban Embellishment and Public Buildings -- 4 A Tale of Five Towns -- Part II Society and Culture -- 5 Middling Ranks, Homes and Possessions -- PLATES -- 6 Cultural Life: Transformation and Adaptation -- 7 'Community', order and the stability of the burgh -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Improvement Profiles -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
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 and much-needed history for the development of Georgian Scots burghs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
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Cities and towns. |
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Scotland. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Druck-Ausgabe Harris, Bob. Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2014 9780748692576 |
| ISBN |
0748692584 (electronic book) |
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9780748692583 (electronic book) |
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0748692592 |
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9780748692590 |
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0748692568 |
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0748692576 |
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9780748692569 |
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9780748692576 |
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