Evolution of Scotland's towns : creation, growth and fragmentation /

This 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 major cities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dennison, E. Patricia (Elizabeth Patricia) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Cities and towns > Scotland > Growth > History.
Community development, Urban > Scotland.
Villes > Écosse > Croissance > Histoire.
Développement communautaire urbain > Écosse.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Community development, Urban.
Villes > Grande-Bretagne > Écosse (GB) > Histoire.
Scotland > History.
Écosse > Histoire.
Scotland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Medieval Towns
  • I. Towns before towns: pre-twelfth-century settlement
  • II. The first burghs
  • III. The built environment
  • IV. Keeping order
  • 2. Daily Life in the Middle Ages
  • I. Markets and merchants
  • II. Home life
  • III. Health of the townspeople
  • IV. Relaxation
  • 3. Medieval Faith and the Church
  • I. The Church routine
  • II. The parish and its people
  • III. Reformation
  • IV. The aftermath of Reformation
  • 4. Encroachment on Burgh Society, 1550-1750
  • I. New burghs, markets and shrinking hinterlands
  • II. New burghs: two test cases
  • III. Urban clearances
  • IV. A slow disappearance
  • 5. Man-made and Natural Disasters, 1550-1750
  • I. War and occupation in the seventeenth century
  • II. Continuing unrest and occupation
  • III. Lifestyles
  • IV. Famine's devastating and final strike
  • 6. The Birth of Urban Scotland
  • I. Improvement and Enlightenment
  • II. Population growth
  • III. New townscapes and new identities
  • IV. Railways and improving communications
  • V. Growing industrialisation
  • 7. The Victorian Town
  • I. Housing conditions and health
  • II. The dawning of a better lifestyle
  • III. Leisure time
  • IV. The changing townscape
  • V. Visionary thinking?
  • 8. The Twentieth Century
  • I. The Garden City ideal
  • II. The `Great War' and the inter-war years
  • III. World War II, austerity and recovery
  • IV. Modernisation: new ideals or the demolition ball?
  • V. Architecture: a mirror of the twentieth century?
  • Post-script: Footprints to fragmentation
  • Appendix: Population statistics
  • a select list.

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