The Making of Classical Edinburgh : : With Photographs by Edwin Smith / / Colin Mclean, A J Youngson, Edwin Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Youngson, A J,; Mclean, Colin,; Smith, Edwin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 82 B/W halftones 80 B/W line art 186 b+w illustrations

The complete 1966 edition reissued with contemporary images by Colin McLeanFeatures 82 photographs by renowned architectural photographer Edwin SmithIncludes 80 detailed plans, illustrations and mapsNew for this edition: a preface and 24 contemporary reproductions of Edwin Smith’s original photographs by Colin McLeanThis famous study of the planning, financing and building of the New Town in Edinburgh brings to life one of the most remarkable urban expansion programmes ever undertaken. A. J. Youngson introduces the modern reader to the vigour of the planning debates, the fundraising schemes, the administrative and legislative infrastructure of planning, the construction of public buildings as poles of attraction for speculative building, and all the hopes, quarrels, victories and civic bankruptcy that went into this great experiment.Superbly illustrated with photographs by acclaimed photographer Edwin Smith, along with a selection of contemporary images and a preface by Colin McLean, this book is a classic work of economic and social history, and a fascinating account of the shaping of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Preface to the 1988 Reprinted Edition -- Preface to the 2002 Reprinted Edition -- Preface to the 2019 Edition -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Plates for the 2019 Edition -- List of Figures -- Glossary of Legal Terms -- List of Abbreviations -- I. The 'Proposals’ of 1752 -- II. Economic Background and Local Government -- III. Public Building before 1784 -- IV. The New Town: Craig’s Plan -- V. Extensions Southward -- VI. Public Works, 1800-30 -- VII. Private Development after 1800 -- VIII. Social Life -- IX. After 1830 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index