Evolution of Scotland's towns : creation, growth and fragmentation / E. Patricia Dennison.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide