The Story of Edinburgh

John Peacock

• Publisher: Phillimore & Co Ltd
• Year: 2017
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780750984690
• Subtopic: Scottish History
• Index: History

This book covers the history of the entire city from the first Mesolithic explorers who camped on the shores of the Forth some 10,000 years ago to the controversies of modern times. Taking a wider perspective it explores the ever-changing world resulting from industrialization which brought immigrants, wealth and poverty. Following that, new methods of transport opened up Edinburgh to the wider world. Now, with its historic architecture Edinburgh can become a battleground between developers and motorists who want more space in the central areas and conservationists who wish to protect the city's landscape.

Table of contents

• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• One: Edinburgh During the Prehistoric Era
• Two: The First Millennium
• Three: The House of Canmore
• Four: Edinburgh in the Years 1296–1399
• Five: Edinburgh During the Fifteenth Century
• Six: The Early Sixteenth Century
• Seven: The Reformation
• Eight: The Reign of James VI
• Nine: Charles I and the Commonwealth
• Ten: Restoration and Revolution
• Eleven: The Early Eighteenth Century
• Twelve: The Late Eighteenth Century
• Thirteen: The Growing City, 1800–40
• Fourteen: Early Victorian Edinburgh
• Fifteen: Late Victorian Edinburgh, 1870–1901
• Sixteen: The Old Town
• Seventeen: The New Town
• Eighteen: Edwardian Edinburgh and the First World War
• Nineteen: The Inter-War Years, 1918–39
• Twenty: The Second World War
• Twenty-one: Post-War Edinburgh, 1945–59
• Twenty-two: The Last Decades of the Twentieth Century and Beyond
• References
• About the Author