Edinburgh - The Making of a Capital City

Brian Edwards; Paul Jenkins

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2005

Edinburgh - The Making of a Capital City

Brian Edwards and Paul Jenkins

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474467988

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About this book

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 European influence on urban and architectural form.
The synthesis of architecture, landscape and topography.
The dialogue between conservation and innovation.
The search for social, economic and cultural sustainability.
The role of governance and public action in urban ecology.

A special feature of the book is the way the Old and New Towns are discussed as a connected problem of image and politics, rather than two isolated events in the history of the city. Likewise, the relations between the city centre, the suburban edge and beyond throughout the 20th century are examined holistically, allowing the reader to gain a broader perspective both of the city of today and of the future. What emerges is a city unique - at least in the UK - in terms of the care taken over its image and sense of identity, and the political and institutional investment made in preserving this.

Key Features

Deals with the development of the city in a holistic manner.
Relates the physical evolution of the city to wide social, cultural, economic and political movements in the UK and Europe.
Uses design, conservation, sustainability and governance as major structuring themes.
Presents fresh perspectives on the making and re-making of Edinburgh over a period of nearly 1,000 years.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on the contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Foreword Sarah Boyack Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Brian Edwards and Paul Jenkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: The Athens of the North
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1 The evolution of the medieval and Renaissance city Ian Campbell and Margaret Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2 Twinning cities: modernisation versus improvement in the two towns of Edinburgh Charles McKean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3 Landscape, topography and hydrology John Stuart-Murray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Part II The City in the Industrial Age
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4 Landscapes of capital: industry and the built environment in Edinburgh, 1750–1920 Richard Rodger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 Edinburgh – a tenement city? Peter Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Part III Urban Management in the Early 20th Century
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6 ‘Conservative surgery’ in Old Edinburgh, 1880–1940 Lou Rosenburg and Jim Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
7 Housing and suburbanisation in the early and mid-20th century Miles Glendinning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
8 The changing role of the planner before and after the Second World War and the effect on urban form Cliff Hague Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Part IV The City in the Post-industrial and Post-modern Age
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9 Creation and conservation of the built environment in the later 20th century Paul Jenkins and Julian Holder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
10 Preparing for the 21st century: the city in a global environment Derek Kerr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
11 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 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Conclusion: learning from history Brian Edwards and Paul Jenkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Appendix 1: Housing completions in Edinburgh, 1918–76 (see Chapter 7) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Appendix 2: Edinburgh buildings (1960–2000) by date (see Chapter 9) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
Select bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: February 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781474467988