On Glasgow and Edinburgh
Robert Crawford.
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge, Mass. : : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (345 pages ) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Edinburgh. -- The Royal Mile: from the castle to a song -- The Royal Mile: from story to Parliament -- Princes Street Gardens and the New Town -- Hill, Hwa-Wu, and port -- Medicine, museums, blood -- Glasgow. -- City hearts -- Poverty and wealth -- Sauchiehall Street, masterpieces, tenements, and books -- Art, learning, arsenic, and architecture -- Water -- Coda: the Falkirk Wheel.. - A mere forty miles apart, these cities have enjoyed a scratchy rivalry since wistful Edinburgh lost parliamentary sovereignty and defiant Glasgow came into its industrial promise. Crawford brings them to life between the covers of one book, in a tale that mixes novelty and familiarity, as Scotland's cultural capital and largest commercial city do.. - Electronic reproduction.
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| ISBN | 9780674048881
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