Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the world
Buchan, James2004
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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.
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Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the world / James Buchan.
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London : John Murray, 2004.
Collation:
xi, 436 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
07195654489780719565441
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941.3'407941.3407941.435941.34941.340
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English
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372579
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