Capital of the mind
Edinburgh (scotland)
Scotland, social conditions
Scotland, history
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
Social conditions
Nonfiction
History
In the early eighteenth century, Edinburgh was a filthy backwater town synonymous with poverty and disease. Yet by century's end, it had become the marvel of modern Europe, home to the finest minds of the day and their breathtaking innovations in architecture, politics, science, the arts, and econom…
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