| The Transformation of Edinburgh Contributor(s): Rodger, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521780241 ISBN-13: 9780521780247 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $164.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 306.094 |
| LCCN: 00040347 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (2.45 lbs) 562 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This clear, lucid and richly illustrated study, based on a formidable amount of new archival research, explores the physical transformation of Edinburgh in the nineteenth century. Richard Rodger's powerful book shows how landowners, builders and investors pursued their own agendas and in doing so reshaped the Victorian towns and cities that the twentieth century inherited. Historians--whether political, urban, economic, social or legal--will find challenging new insights here, which have a resonance far beyond the confines of one city. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rodger, Richard: - Richard Rodger is Professor of Urban History at Leicester University and Director of the Centre for Urban History. He teaches courses in economic and social history and is interested in the application of computing to historical analysis. He has written or edited ten books on the economic, social and business history of cities, including Scottish Housing in the Twentieth Century (1989), European Urban History (1993) and Housing in Urban Britain 1780 1914 (1995). Since 1987 Richard Rodger has been Editor of Urban History (published by Cambridge University Press). |