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Author: Murray Pittock
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2018-11-14
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1474416616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban studies theory, it pinpoints the distinctive features that made Enlightenment in the Scottish capital possible.
Author: Humm Louisa Humm
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2020-06-18
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 147445528X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis architectural survey covers one of Scotland's most important periods of political and architectural change when mainstream European classicism became embedded as the cultural norm. Interposed between the decline of 'the Scottish castle' and its revival as Scotch Baronial architecture, the contributors consider both private and public/civic architecture. They showcase the architectural reflections of a Scotland finding its new elites by providing new research, analysing paradigms such as Holyrood and Hamilton Palace, as well as external reference points such as Paris tenements, Roman precedents and English parallels. Typologically, the book is broad in scope, covering the architecture and design of country estate and also the urban scene in the era before Edinburgh New Town. Steps decisively away from the 'Scottish castle' genre of architectureContextualises the work of Scotland's first well-documented grouping of major architects - including Sir William Bruce, Mr James Smith, James Gibbs and the Adam dynastyDocuments the architectural developments of a transformational period in Scottish history Beautifully illustrated throughout with 300 colour illustrations a
Author: Brian R. W. Lockhart
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 408
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Robert Gordon's Legacy' is the story of Robert Gordon and his Hospital and College. It explains the motivation which inspired Gordon to leave his considerable fortune to benefit members of the burgess class who had fallen on hard times.
Author: Aaron Allen
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2018-05-31
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 1474442412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive history of the provincial administrative and judiciary structure in Ottoman-governed Bulgaria
Author: Robert Anderson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2015-05-19
Total Pages: 668
ISBN-13: 0748679170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book investigates the origins and evolution of the main institutions of Scottish education, bringing together a range of scholars, each an expert on his or her own period, and with interests including - but also ranging beyond - the history of educat
Author: Roger Jeffery
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-28
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1000556611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoger Jeffery in this book has brought together 10 original, well-researched and well-written essays which bring to life the presence of India in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. On the surface Edinburgh is a purely Scottish city: its ‘India’ past is not easily visible. Yet, from the late 17th century onwards, many of Edinburgh’s young men and women were drawn to India. The city received back money and knowledge, sculpture and paintings, botanical specimens and even skulls! Colonel James Skinner, well-known for establishing Skinner’s Horse, brought his sons to Edinburgh for their schooling. Though Sir Walter Scott visited India only in his imagination (and tried to stop his own sons going there) he crafted a dashing India tale involving Tipu Sultan. The money from India helped create Edinburgh’s New Town, Edinburgh’s internationally-renowned schools (whose former pupils careers ranged from tea-planters to Viceroys) and people who came to Edinburgh from India established Edinburgh’s second women’s medical college. There are many such hidden stories of Edinburgh’s India connections. In this path-breaking book they are brought to life, using novel approaches to look at Edinburgh’s past, to see it as an imperial city, a city for which India held a special place. Focusing on the interactions between individual lives, social networks and financial, material, cultural and social flows, leading experts from Edinburgh’s history provide fascinating detail on how Edinburgh’s links to India were formed and transformed. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Author: Brian R. W. Lockhart
Publisher: John Donald
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781862322578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1621, George Heriot, the Edinburgh goldsmith and moneylender to royalty whose success earned him the nickname Jinglin' Geordie, instructed his advocate to purchase landed property in the vicinity of Edinburgh, his intention being to found a Hospitall and Seminarie of Orphans ... and fathirles childrene. School continues to provide free education to Foundationers, now sons and daughters of widows, of whom 70 currently benefit. Heriot's School has grown to educate 1500 pupils, but the memory and spirit of the Founder is not forgotten and is honoured every June in a special anniversary service.
Author: Jan Bondeson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-07-15
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1445678322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe complete collection of the famous postcard artist Phillimore’s pictures of Edinburgh. It will appeal both to those who know and love Edinburgh and to postcard collectors.
Author: Nigel Tranter
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2012-08-30
Total Pages: 599
ISBN-13: 1444741101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSon of the doomed Mary Queen of Scots, raised to rule two countries, James was one of the oddest kings ever to ascent any throne. Neither noble nor heroic, he confounded those who despised him by being shrewd enough to reign for fifty-eight years, survive countless plots and never go to war. 'A vastly entertaining addition to the historical novels of Scots author Nigel Tranter.' Glasgow Sunday Mail
