The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820

by Bob Harris and Charles McKean

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This is a pioneering study of 18th century Scottish urbanism: dynamic but different. 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...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780748692576
  • Publish Date 15 August 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Edinburgh University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 698
  • Language English