Download or read book Property and Power in a City written by David McCrone and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the way landlordism has operated in Edinburgh over the past 100 years. It examines the type of people who have profited from this type of investment and the way they have influenced the city's politics. It is argued that in the long run this is a most destructive form of capitalism.