{"product_id":"the-university-of-edinburgh-an-illustrated-history","title":"The University of Edinburgh: An Illustrated History","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a small city college in the sixteenth century the University of Edinburgh grew to be one of the worlds greatest centres of scholarship  research and learning. Its history is told here by three of its leading historians with wit  verve and style. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white  this is a book for everyone concerned with the university or the city of Edinburgh to read and enjoy. The authors consider the impacts of Reformation  Union with England  Enlightenment  and scientific and industrial revolutions. They show the university rising to the challenge of competition from Europe  describe the great periods of expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries  and chart the universitys building from Old College to George Square. They explore its tense relationship with the city  explore the histories of student outrage and unrest  recall the days when blasphemy could be punished by death  and reveal that the universitys department of anatomy once supported a thriving trade in body-snatching. Upheaval and crisis  triumph and achievement succeed each other by turns in a story that is entertaining  intriguing and surprising  and always interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44987631829045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0748616462","price":39.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780748616466.jpg?v=1770950043","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-university-of-edinburgh-an-illustrated-history","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}