Dundee: Renaissance to Enlightenment - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1845860160 ISBN 13: 9781845860165

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

This fascinating title traces the evolution of Dundee from wealthy renaissance port - and second city of Scotland - to international textiles manufacturer and trader. Until now, despite being at the heart of key events in Scottish history, Dundee has remained invisible behind its later Victorian mask. Now Dundee: Renaissance to Enlightenment examines Dundee thoroughly in a rich mixture of urban, economic, political, social, medical, cultural, imperial, maritime and architectural histories.
The book contains over 100 illustrations, specially selected for this volume, many of which have never been seen before. These are integral to the story and are used to explain or illuminate history. This book helps to recover Dundee's rightful place in European history, and offers Scots a different perspective on their national history.

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Informazioni sugli autori

The late Charles McKean was Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee and considered the pre-eminent historian of Scottish buildings and towns. He is author of: The Scottish Thirties - an Architectural Introduction (Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1987); For a Wee Country: architectural contributions to Scotland since 1840 (RIAS, Edinburgh, 1990); Edinburgh Portrait of a City (Century, London, 1993) and The Making of the Museum of Scotland (NMS, Edinburgh, 2000).

Bob Harris held a personal chair in British History at the University of Dundee until 2006, since when he has been Fellow and Tutor in History at Worcester College, University of Oxford. He has published widely on eighteenth-century British and Irish political, social and cultural history. His most recent book was The Scottish People and the French Revolution, published in 2008. Between 2011-14, he has been vice chair of the Board of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford.

Christopher Whatley is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee where until recently he was also a Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

The late Charles McKean was Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee. Bob Harris held a personal chair in British History at the University of Dundee until 2006, since when he has been Fellow and Tutor in History at Worcester College, University of Oxford;

Christopher Whatley is Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee where until recently he was also a Vice Principal and Head of the College of Arts and Social Sciences.

Charles McKean is Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee. His publications include Edinburgh: Portrait of a City, Battle for the North: The Scottish Thirties and The Scottish Chateau.
Christopher A. Whatley is a Professor of Scottish History at the University of Dundee and a Vice Principal of the University. His publications include The Scots and the Union.
Bob Harris is Lightbody Fellow and Tutor in History, Worcester College, Oxford. His publications include Politics and the Nation, Britain in the Mid-Eighteenth Century and The Scottish People and the French Revolution.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1845860160
• ISBN 13: 9781845860165
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 322
• Redattore: McKean Charles, Harris Bob, Whatley Christopher A.
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