The Geographies of Enlightenment Edinburgh

Phil Dodds

doi:10.1017/9781787448827

This book explores the processes by which the people of Edinburgh came to understand and order their world and establish those scales of judgement through the acquisition of geographic knowledge.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: Mapping Enlightenment from anEdinburgh Bookshop
pp 1-34
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PART I - Planning: Edinburgh and the New Town
pp 35-38
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1 - Projecting: Cadastral Mapping and the Genesis ofthe New Town
pp 39-48
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2 - Combining: Mapping Old, New and Soon
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3 - Dividing: Properties of the Plan Beyond
pp 65-76
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4 - Extending: Progress and the EnlightenmentCapital
pp 77-96
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PART II - Surveying: Edinburgh and its Environs
pp 97-100
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5 - Counting: Political Arithmetic in the Parish ofCramond
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6 - Generalising: County Connections andEnclosures
pp 115-126
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7 - Overviewing: Distant Perspectives in theBorders
pp 127-140
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8 - Subscribing: Patronising Surveys and ProvincialLibraries
pp 141-158
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PART III - Travelling: Edinburgh and the Nation
pp 159-162
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9 - Piecing: Pre- and Post-Tour Epistles for ThomasPennant’s Scotland
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10 - Improving: Robert Heron’s Journey through theCommerce of Print
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11 - Moving: Sarah Murray and her TravellingReaders
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12 - Trading: Routes in Scotland
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PART IV - Compiling: Edinburgh and the World
pp 223-226
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13 - Summarising: Global Knowledge in an Elite HighSchool
pp 227-242
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14 - Supplementing: The Encyclopædia Britannica’sSources
pp 243-262
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15 - Accessioning: The Family Collection
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16 - Institutionalising: Edinburgh Medical Students andSurgeons’ Societies in the Nineteenth-CenturyWorld
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Conclusion: Universalising EnlightenmentEdinburgh
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Bibliography
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: Mapping Enlightenment from anEdinburgh Bookshop
pp 1-34

PART I - Planning: Edinburgh and the New Town
pp 35-38

1 - Projecting: Cadastral Mapping and the Genesis ofthe New Town
pp 39-48

2 - Combining: Mapping Old, New and Soon
pp 49-64

3 - Dividing: Properties of the Plan Beyond
pp 65-76

4 - Extending: Progress and the EnlightenmentCapital
pp 77-96

PART II - Surveying: Edinburgh and its Environs
pp 97-100

5 - Counting: Political Arithmetic in the Parish ofCramond
pp 101-114

6 - Generalising: County Connections andEnclosures
pp 115-126

7 - Overviewing: Distant Perspectives in theBorders
pp 127-140

8 - Subscribing: Patronising Surveys and ProvincialLibraries
pp 141-158

PART III - Travelling: Edinburgh and the Nation
pp 159-162

9 - Piecing: Pre- and Post-Tour Epistles for ThomasPennant’s Scotland
pp 163-174

10 - Improving: Robert Heron’s Journey through theCommerce of Print
pp 175-192

11 - Moving: Sarah Murray and her TravellingReaders
pp 193-206

12 - Trading: Routes in Scotland
pp 207-222

PART IV - Compiling: Edinburgh and the World
pp 223-226

13 - Summarising: Global Knowledge in an Elite HighSchool
pp 227-242

14 - Supplementing: The Encyclopædia Britannica’sSources
pp 243-262

15 - Accessioning: The Family Collection
pp 263-290

16 - Institutionalising: Edinburgh Medical Students andSurgeons’ Societies in the Nineteenth-CenturyWorld
pp 291-304

Conclusion: Universalising EnlightenmentEdinburgh
pp 305-330

Bibliography
pp 331-350

Index
pp 351-366

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