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A New Way of Living: Georgian Town Planning in the Highlands and Islands
Gordon Haynes
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Description for A New Way of Living: Georgian Town Planning in the Highlands and Islands
Paperback. A study of the origins of the revolution in social and physical planning in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Reveals the rationale for the expansive building programme post-1750 and identifies key personnel. Analyses the qualities of urban form of selected towns in relation to the original plans. Num Pages: 198 pages, c. 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JF; 3JH; AMVD; HBJD1; HBLL; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
A New Way of Living tells the broad story of the development of new towns in the Scottish Highlands and Islands post-1750. It pulls together the various strands that influenced the development of the North West Highlands after the disastrous risings and charts the government-backed attempts at establishing fishing villages from Argyll to Sutherland, as well as private initiatives to do likewise along the shores of the Moray Firth. Roads and later railways were built to connect these new settlements to their markets which were tens or hundreds of miles away across mountain ranges, presenting monumental challenges for the designers ... Read more
A New Way of Living tells the broad story of the development of new towns in the Scottish Highlands and Islands post-1750. It pulls together the various strands that influenced the development of the North West Highlands after the disastrous risings and charts the government-backed attempts at establishing fishing villages from Argyll to Sutherland, as well as private initiatives to do likewise along the shores of the Moray Firth. Roads and later railways were built to connect these new settlements to their markets which were tens or hundreds of miles away across mountain ranges, presenting monumental challenges for the designers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849951531
SKU
V9781849951531
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Gordon Haynes
Gordon Haynes is the author of the acclaimed Landscape and Garden Design.
Reviews for A New Way of Living: Georgian Town Planning in the Highlands and Islands
'...a richly detailed and sometimes idiosyncratic account of the growth of planned towns in the late 18th- and 19th- century Highlands. ...is concerned not only with the origins, purpose and development of these Georgian planned settlements, but it also addresses their subsequent fortunes and legacy. ...should also prove attractive to the general reader, as well as students and academics alike. ... Read more