Enlightenment in a Smart City

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Enlightenment in a Smart City is written by Pittock Murray Pittock and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1474416624 (ISBN 10) and 9781474416627 (ISBN 13).

This is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban innovation and Smart City theory, it pinpoints the distinctive features that made Enlightenment in the Scottish capital possible. In a journey packed with evidence and incident, Murray Pittock explores various civic networks - such as the newspaper and printing businesses, the political power of the gentry and patronage networks, as well as the pub and coffee-house life - as drivers of cultural change. His analysis reveals that the attributes of civic development, which lead to innovation and dynamism, were at the heart of what made Edinburgh a smart city of 1700.