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ABSTRACTThe concept of civil society provides a useful means of evaluating the social and political relationships of British towns. Civil society refers to the non-prescriptive relationships that lie between the state and kin. Such relationships are associated with the existence of the free market, the rule of law and a strong voluntary associational culture. Both theoretical analysis and historical evidence link civil society with the nature of urban places, their complexity, their function as a central place and their operation as a focus for flows of information. Between 1780 and 1820 the agencies of civil society in Britain provided an arena for making choices, for reasoned informed debate and for the collective provision and consumption of services in an open and pluralist manner.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- General Introduction -- The Economic and Social History Society of Scotland -- Contributors -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: Scotland, 1830-1914. The Making of a Nation within a Nation -- 1 The People -- 2 The Rural Experience -- 3 Urbanisation and Scotland -- 4 The Dominant Classes -- 5 The Political and Workplace Culture of the Scottish Working Class, 1832-1914 -- 6 The Occupied Male Labour Force -- 7 Women's Spheres -- 8 Developments in Leisure -- 9 Poverty, Health and Welfare -- 10 An Exploration into Scottish Education -- 11 Religion, Class and Church Growth -- 12 Community and Culture -- Index.