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

Patricia Dennison, MA 1963

This book tells the story of urban development in Scotland over the course of a millennium, drawing on original research into more then 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. Fully illustrated and blending archaeological, cartographic and geographic resources, the study also examines the lives of the people who lived in Scotland's towns and cities to give the reader a vivid impression of the times and an understanding of how these urban developments came to be.

The book also considers urban heritage and asks what we have lost and may continue to lose through neglect and fragmentation.

ISBN: 978 1 4744 0981 0 (hardback); 978 1 4744 3297 9 (paperback)