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"Beloved, reviled - and not only by Glaswegians - Glasgow isn't just the Industrial Revolution nor the Victorian slums. Founded in the sixth century, its forebears pushed back the Romans. The roof of its cathedral, founded in the twelfth century, survived the Reformation. Its fifteenth-cen...
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Beloved, reviled - and not only by Glaswegians - Glasgow isn't just the Industrial Revolution nor the Victorian slums. Founded in the sixth century, its forebears pushed back the Romans. The roof of its cathedral, founded in the twelfth century, survived the Reformation. Its fifteenth-century university welcomed Adam Smith and the Enlightenment. It prospered from sugar, tobacco, cotton and slavery in the eighteenth century, and saw the rise of the Red Clydesiders in the twentieth. Glasgow's not just a city, it's an urban civilization in itself, unique and fruitful. Its denizens have seen th |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 428 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781784975821 1784975826 |
| Index Number: | DA890 |
| CLC: | K561.9 |
| Call Number: | K561.9/F947 |
| Contents: | Introduction: 'Pretty damn active' -- Trade: 'Plenty of goods' -- Industry: 'High service, romance and adventure' -- Religion: 'Twa kingdomes' -- Class: 'Staunch to Scottish traditions' -- Poverty: 'The lowest state of misery' -- Womanhood: 'Varied harmony' -- Patricians: 'Model municipality' -- Plebians: 'Feeling of discord' -- Image: 'Great white hope' -- Imagination: 'An occupied country' -- Envoi: 'Wider society'. |