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Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the world
Buchan, James2025
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Place reservation for Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the worldHow in the 18th century did a notoriously poor, alcoholic, violent and smelly town, consisting of just two long streets and 40,000 inhabitants, make such an impression on its age and ours? In just 50 years Edinburgh had more impact on our ideas than any town of its size since the Athens of Socrates.
Main title:
Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the world / James Buchan.
Author:
Buchan, James, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Origin, 2025.
Collation:
448 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: John Murray, 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781839830907 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.3407
LC class:
DA890.E2
Local class:
941.34
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4175079
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