Crowded with genius
Subtitle: the Scottish enlightenment : Edinburgh's moment of the mind
By: James Buchan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780060558888
Subjects: Intellectual life; Enlightenment; Schotse School; History
Work titles: Capital of the mind
Description: Discusses the key events and individuals of eighteenth-century Edinburgh's transition from a poverty-stricken, religiously fanatical city to a hotspot of innovation and culture.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2003 as Capital of the mind : how Edinburgh changed the world by John Murray (Publishers)"--T.P. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: Auld Reekie --; title: Charlie's Year --; title: The Disease of the Learned --; title: The Philosopher's Opera --; title: Smaller Joys from Less Important Causes --; title: The Thermometer of the Heart --; title: Torrents of Wind --; title: The Savage and the Shopkeeper --; title: The Art of Dancing --; title: Earth to Earth --; title: The Man of Feeling.