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"A collaborative history, melding together political, social, economic, urban and architectural histories, to achieve a comprehensive perspective on the nature of the Scottish Georgian town. Not so much a history by growth and numbers, this pioneering study of Scottish urbanization explores the type of change and the quality of result."--Provided by publisher

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