The making of Classical Edinburgh, 1750-1840 / A.J. Youngson ; with photographs by Edwin Smith and and contemporary images by Colin McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Youngson, A. J., author.

Contributor:

Smith, Edwin, 1912-1971, illustrator.

McLean, Colin, 1930- illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Scotland--Edinburgh.

Architecture.

City planning--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--18th century.

City planning.

City planning--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--19th century.

Edinburgh (Scotland)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Edinburgh (Scotland).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.) : 82 B/W halftones 80 B/W line art 186 b+w illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The complete 1966 edition reissued with contemporary images by Colin McLeanFeatures 82 photographs by renowned architectural photographer Edwin SmithIncludes 80 detailed plans, illustrations and mapsNew for this edition: a preface and 24 contemporary reproductions of Edwin Smith’s original photographs by Colin McLeanThis famous study of the planning, financing and building of the New Town in Edinburgh brings to life one of the most remarkable urban expansion programmes ever undertaken. A. J. Youngson introduces the modern reader to the vigour of the planning debates, the fundraising schemes, the administrative and legislative infrastructure of planning, the construction of public buildings as poles of attraction for speculative building, and all the hopes, quarrels, victories and civic bankruptcy that went into this great experiment.Superbly illustrated with photographs by acclaimed photographer Edwin Smith, along with a selection of contemporary images and a preface by Colin McLean, this book is a classic work of economic and social history, and a fascinating account of the shaping of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Preface to the 1988 Reprinted Edition

Preface to the 2002 Reprinted Edition

Preface to the 2019 Edition

Contents

List of Plates

List of Plates for the 2019 Edition

List of Figures

Glossary of Legal Terms

List of Abbreviations

I. The 'Proposals’ of 1752

II. Economic Background and Local Government

III. Public Building before 1784

IV. The New Town: Craig’s Plan

V. Extensions Southward

VI. Public Works, 1800-30

VII. Private Development after 1800

VIII. Social Life

IX. After 1830

Appendix

Notes

Index

Notes:

"This edition with a new preface and photographs by Colin McLean, 2019."--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-4802-X

OCLC:

1148878470