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{{Short description|2014 book by Bob Harris and Charles McKean}}
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[[File:The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment 1740–1820.jpg|thumb|First edition]]
'''''The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment, 1740–1820''''' is a book by Scottish historians Bob Harris and [[Charles McKean]]. It was first published in August 2014, almost a year after McKean's death, by [[Edinburgh University Press]]. The book won the [[Saltire Book of the Year]] award for 2014.<ref name=scotsman_ferguson>{{cite news|last1=Ferguson|first1=Brian|title=Late historian Charles McKean’s book honoured|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/late-historian-charles-mckean-s-book-honoured-1-3601616|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=The Scotsman|date=11 November 2014}}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Academic work named Saltire Book of the Year|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30014812|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=BBC News|date=11 November 2014}}</ref> The book examines how Scottish burghs improved themselves during the Enlightenment period.<ref name="RossJournal">{{cite news|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Hector|title=Dingwall firm scoops prestigious publisher of the year accolade|url=http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/Publisher-of-the-Year-accolade-for-Dingwall-firm-12112014.htm|accessdate=13 January 2017|publisher=Ross-shire Journal|date=12 November 2014}}</ref>
==Reception==
The judging panel of the Saltire Book of the Year Award described the work as 'book that people will value for many years to come' and noted that 'It is also extremely well researched and readable'.<ref name=scotsman_ferguson/> The judging panel also praised it as being '‘magisterial' and considered it to be a 'pioneering study'.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="AHRC">{{cite web|title=Book on Scottish Towns Wins Prestigious Book Award|url=http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/scottishtownsbookwinsaward/|website=Arts and Humanities Research Council|accessdate=14 January 2017|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> In addition to winning the overall Saltire Award, the book was named as the 2014 Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year.<ref name="AHRC"/>
Scottish historian Professor Ian Donnachie praised the book as 'a major contribution to urban, social and cultural history' and felt it was an appropriate tribute to the research and work of Charles McKean who died when the book was being written.<ref name="Donachie">{{cite web|last1=Donachie|first1=Ian|title=The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1697|website=Reviews in History|publisher=Institute of Historical Research|accessdate=13 January 2017}}</ref>
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[[Category:2014 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:History books about Scotland]]
[[Category:Edinburgh University Press books]]