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

The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820 / / Bob Harris, Charles McKean.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Harris, Bob,
McKean, Charles,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2014
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (640 p.) :; 147 B/W illustrations 37 colour illustrations 31 B/W tables 8 B/W line art
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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 Tow
  • Part II Society and Culture
  • 5 Middling Ranks, Homes and Possessions
  • 6 Cultural Life: Transformation and Adaptation
  • 7 ‘Community’, Order and the Stability of the Burgh
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Improvement Profiles
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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