Download or read book Edinburgh - The Making of a Capital City written by Brian Edwards and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.