The Evolution of Scotland’s Towns : : Creation, Growth and Fragmentation / / Patricia Dennison.
A wide-ranging history of Scotland’s towns from their earliest foundations to the turn of the 21st CenturyThis 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 75 B/W illustrations 25 colour illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Image Credits
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Medieval Towns
- 2 Daily Life in the Middle Ages
- 3 Medieval Faith and the Church
- 4 Encroachment on Burgh Society, 1550–1750
- 5 Man-made and Natural Disasters, 1550–1750
- 6 The Birth of Urban Scotland
- 7 The Victorian Town
- 8 The Twentieth Century
- Post-script: Footprints to Fragmentation
- Appendix: Population Statistics – a Select List
- Bibliography
- Index