Builders of Edinburgh New Town, 1767-1795
Details:
- Author(s) Lewis, Anthony R
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 192pp; illus
- Publisher Spire Books
- Place Published Reading
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
See also the writer's doctoral thesis, 'Builders of Edinburgh's New Town, 1767-1795', Edinburgh, 2006. Overall provides an account of the building of the New Town as derived from a study of the activities, processes, capabilities, ingenuities, organisation, networking, etc, etc, of the actual builders, masons, carpenters, etc; their interaction with external authorities and regulations of these; the structures of their industry; etc. Chapters include: 'George Jameson and the first New Town builders'; 'William Christie and Duncan Drummond, 1767-1780'; 'John Young and his partners, 1767-1789'; 'John Brough and Robert Burn, builders and law enforcement, 1785-1790'; 'James Nisbet and the Society of Master Builders'; 'Edinburgh New Town and the wider world'