Edinburgh - The Making of a Capital City /

Edinburgh - The Making of a Capital City / / Brian Edwards, Paul Jenkins.

This book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the making and re-making of Edinburgh over most of the last millennium. A series of themes of wide relevance are explored and discussed in the context of their impact upon the form of the city and its success as a capital. These include:The Eur...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
Edwards, Brian,
Jenkins, Paul,
MitwirkendeR:
Boyack, Sarah,
Campbell, Ian,
Edwards, Brian,
Glendinning, Miles,
Hague, Cliff,
Holder, Julian,
Jenkins, Paul,
Johnson, Jim,
Kerr, Derek,
McKean, Charles,
Robinson, Peter,
Rodger, Richard,
Rosenburg, Lou,
Stewart, Margaret,
Stuart-Murray, John,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2005
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Notes on the contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Athens of the North
  • Introduction
  • 1 The evolution of the medieval and Renaissance city
  • 2 Twinning cities: modernisation versus improvement in the two towns of Edinburgh
  • 3 Landscape, topography and hydrology
  • Part II The City in the Industrial Age
  • Introduction
  • 4 Landscapes of capital: industry and the built environment in Edinburgh, 1750-1920
  • 5 Edinburgh - a tenement city?
  • Part III Urban Management in the Early 20th Century
  • Introduction
  • 6 'Conservative surgery' in Old Edinburgh, 1880-1940
  • 7 Housing and suburbanisation in the early and mid-20th century
  • 8 The changing role of the planner before and after the Second World War and the effect on urban form
  • Part IV The City in the Post-industrial and Post-modern Age
  • Introduction
  • 9 Creation and conservation of the built environment in the later 20th century
  • 10 Preparing for the 21st century: the city in a global environment
  • 11 The changing image and identity of the city in the 21st century: 'Athens of the North' or 'North of Athens'
  • Conclusion: learning from history
  • Appendix 1: Housing completions in Edinburgh, 1918-76 (see Chapter 7)
  • Appendix 2: Edinburgh buildings (1960-2000) by date (see Chapter 9)
  • Select bibliography
  • Index

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