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Edinburgh : the making of a capital city /
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 Eu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Brian Edwards and Paul Jenkins
- The evolution of the medieval and Renaissance city / Ian Campbell and Margaret Stewart
- Twinning cities : modernisation versus improvement in the two towns of Edinburgh / Charles McKean
- Landscape, topography and hydrology / John Stuart-Murray
- Landscapes of capital : industry and the built environment in Edinburgh, 1750-1920 / Richard Rodger
- Edinburgh--a tenement city? / Peter Robinson
- 'Conservative surgery' in Old Edinburgh, 1880-1940 / Lou Rosenburg and Jim Johnson
- Housing and suburbanisation in the early and mid-20th century / Miles Glendinning
- The changing role of the planner before and after the Second World War and the effect on urban form / Cliff Hague
- Creation and conservation of the built environment in the later 20th century / Paul Jenkins and Julian Holder
- Preparing for the 21st century : the city in a global environment / Derek Kerr
- The changing image and identity of the city in the 21st century : 'Athens of the North' or 'North of Athens' / Cliff Hague and Paul Jenkins
- Conclusion : Learning from history / Brian Edwards and Paul Jenkins.