The 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. The changes in urban society came at different times and at different paces for most towns and many had to withstand crisis after crisis. The overall evolution of urban life, in its different guises, is explored throughout the book.
Beautifully illustrated and blending archaeological, cartographic and geographic resources, the study also examines the lives of people who lived in Scotland’s towns and cities to give the reader a vivid impression of the times and a clear understanding of how these urban developments came to be. The book also asks what urban heritage Scotland has retained today, and how we can preserve it.

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The 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. The changes in urban society came at different times and at different paces for most towns and many had to withstand crisis after crisis. The overall evolution of urban life, in its different guises, is explored throughout the book.
Beautifully illustrated and blending archaeological, cartographic and geographic resources, the study also examines the lives of people who lived in Scotland’s towns and cities to give the reader a vivid impression of the times and a clear understanding of how these urban developments came to be. The book also asks what urban heritage Scotland has retained today, and how we can preserve it.

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The Evolution of Scotland's Towns: Creation, Growth and Fragmentation

The Evolution of Scotland's Towns: Creation, Growth and Fragmentation

by Patricia Dennison
The Evolution of Scotland's Towns: Creation, Growth and Fragmentation

The Evolution of Scotland's Towns: Creation, Growth and Fragmentation

by Patricia Dennison

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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. The changes in urban society came at different times and at different paces for most towns and many had to withstand crisis after crisis. The overall evolution of urban life, in its different guises, is explored throughout the book.
Beautifully illustrated and blending archaeological, cartographic and geographic resources, the study also examines the lives of people who lived in Scotland’s towns and cities to give the reader a vivid impression of the times and a clear understanding of how these urban developments came to be. The book also asks what urban heritage Scotland has retained today, and how we can preserve it.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474432979
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 11/10/2017
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.77(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pat Dennison is an historian who has wide experience of working with both documentary and archaeological evidence. She was appointed as the historian to the archaeological excavations at the site of the new Parliament of Scotland. She has taught and published extensively on Scotland's towns, both large and small.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction

Chapter 1: Medieval TownsI Towns Before Towns: pre-twelfth-century settlementII The First BurghsIII The Built EnvironmentIV Keeping Order

Chapter 2: Daily Life in the Middle AgesI Markets and MerchantsII Home LivesIII Health of the TownspeopleIV Relaxation

Chapter 3: Medieval Faith and the ChurchI The Church RoutineII The Parish and its PeopleIII ReformationIV The Aftermath of Reformation

Chapter 4: Encroachment on Burgh Society, 1550-1750I New Burghs, Markets and Shrinking HinterlandsII New Burghs: Two Test CasesIII Urban ClearancesIV A Slow Disappearance

Chapter 5: Man-Made and Natural Disasters, 1550-1750I War and Occupation in the Seventeenth CenturyII Continuing Unrest and OccupationIII LifestylesIV Famine’s Devastating and Final Strike

Chapter 6: The Birth of Urban ScotlandI Improvement and EnlightenmentII Population GrowthIII New Townscapes and New IdentitiesIV Railways and Improving CommunicationsV Growing Industrialisation

Chapter 7: The Victorian TownI Housing Conditions and HealthII The Dawning of a Better LifestyleIII Leisure TimeIV The Changing TownscapeV Visionary Thinking?

Chapter 8: The Twentieth CenturyI The Garden City IdealII The ‘Great War’ and the Inter-War YearsIII World War II, Austerity and RecoveryIV Modernisation: new ideals or the wrecking ball? V Architecture: a mirror of the twentieth century?

Post-Script: Footprints to FragmentationAppendix: Table: Population Statistics: a select listBibliographyIndex

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