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1 online resource (658 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [553]-594) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
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Cities and towns -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McKean, Charles, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Bob. Scottish town in the Age of the Enlightenment, 1740-1820. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] xx, 604 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm 9780748692576 (OCoLC)ocn886382010 |
| ISBN |
9780748692569 (hardback) |
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0748692568 (hardback) |
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9780748692576 (paperback) |
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0748692576 (paperback) |
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9780748692583 (webready PDF) |
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0748692584 (webready PDF) |
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9780748692583 (e-book) |
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