Edinburgh
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-7486-1641-1 (ISBN)
Description
A serious, academically-credible yet accessible and highly-illustrated single-volume history of Edinburgh.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
100 B/W illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-1641-1 (9780748616411)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Making of a Capital: Edinburgh to 1707; 1. Origins to Reformation; 2. Conflict and Social Change, 1560-1707; City of Improvement, 1707-1832; 3. Post-Union Politics: Rebellion, Management and Reform; 4. The Emergence of 'Modern Athens'; 5. The Consumer City and Living Standards; Scotland's Metropolis, 1832-1918; 6. Municipal and Parliamentary Affairs; 7. Victorian and Edwardian Social Life; 8. Economy, Modernisation and War; Twentieth-Century City, 1918-2000; 9. Political Challenges and Changes; 10. Culture, Community and Social Diversity; 11. Economic Reorientation and Urban Regeneration.