Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. Kat Breen is a tutor in Architectural History and Heritage at the University of Edinburgh. Miles Glendinning is Professor of Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh. Diane Watters is an historian and author at Historic Environment Scotland. Valerie Wright is Lecturer in Modern Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh.

Building Modern Scotland represents the best kind of urban history. Thematically ambitious, yet grounded in time and place, this book places Scottish new towns into broader conversations about modernization, the built environment, lived experience, and a dynamic welfare state.

• Preface: Note on AuthorshipAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Architecture1. East Kilbride2. Glenrothes3. Cumbernauld4. Livingston5. IrvinePart 2: Life6. Homes7. Families8. Community9. OpportunityConclusion: ‘Out of the Ordinary’IntervieweesBibliography of Published Sources

Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. Kat Breen is a tutor in Architectural History and Heritage at the University of Edinburgh. Miles Glendinning is Professor of Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh. Diane Watters is an historian and author at Historic Environment Scotland. Valerie Wright is Lecturer in Modern Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh.

Building Modern Scotland represents the best kind of urban history. Thematically ambitious, yet grounded in time and place, this book places Scottish new towns into broader conversations about modernization, the built environment, lived experience, and a dynamic welfare state.

• Preface: Note on AuthorshipAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Architecture1. East Kilbride2. Glenrothes3. Cumbernauld4. Livingston5. IrvinePart 2: Life6. Homes7. Families8. Community9. OpportunityConclusion: ‘Out of the Ordinary’IntervieweesBibliography of Published Sources

Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. Lynn Abrams is Professor of Modern History at the University of Glasgow. Kat Breen is a tutor in Architectural History and Heritage at the University of Edinburgh. Miles Glendinning is Professor of Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh. Diane Watters is an historian and author at Historic Environment Scotland. Valerie Wright is Lecturer in Modern Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh.

Building Modern Scotland represents the best kind of urban history. Thematically ambitious, yet grounded in time and place, this book places Scottish new towns into broader conversations about modernization, the built environment, lived experience, and a dynamic welfare state.

• Preface: Note on AuthorshipAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Architecture1. East Kilbride2. Glenrothes3. Cumbernauld4. Livingston5. IrvinePart 2: Life6. Homes7. Families8. Community9. OpportunityConclusion: ‘Out of the Ordinary’IntervieweesBibliography of Published Sources