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Author : Michael Meighan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445618869
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Glasgow written by Michael Meighan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history of Glasgow tracing the growth of the city from prehistoric days to its rise as one of the Great Victorian cities.
Author : Michael Fry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784975818
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)
Download or read book Glasgow written by Michael Fry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the city rise and fall, they have survived bombs and demolitions, and somehow kept their humour intact. Now these people and this city play a pivotal role in Scotland's future, and in the future of the UK. It's time for a book that tells the story in all its complexity.
Author : Kate Molleson
Publisher : Geddes & Grosset, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781849341936
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Dear Green Sounds written by Kate Molleson and published by Geddes & Grosset, Limited. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Lumsden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the Hammermen of Glasgow written by Harry Lumsden and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of Glasgow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book University of Glasgow, Old and New written by University of Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elspeth King
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Hidden History of Glasgow's Women written by Elspeth King and published by Mainstream Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at aspects of Glasgow history which have hitherto been ignored or overlooked by most historians - the history of women in the city. Existing histories are the histories of the men who made Glasgow great: the inventors, industrialists, shipbuilders, philosophers and men of medicine. Although every schoolchild knows the legends of St Mungo, no one knows the legend of his mother St Thenew. The strong machismo culture of the west of Scotland has all but obliterated the contribution of women. St Thenew is actually Scotland's first recorded rape victim, battered woman and unmarried mother. From the time of her death in the seventh century until the present day, there is a discernable trail of oppression and violence against women. At the same time there is a history of strong and sustained resistance to persecution, achievement in the face of adversity and moral triumph in the teeth of injustice. This work deals with women, religon and the Reformation, social and political status, the fight for equal rights and the history of the Suffragettes. Because of the nature of the sources, more space is given to women who stood up and stood out - the 16th century "orray woemen" whom the town council could not control, the revolutionary Owenites and those brave women who threw bombs, burned down big houses, and went on hunger strike.
Author : Stephen Mullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781873190623
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book It Wisnae Us written by Stephen Mullen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kintrea, Keith
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447349806
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Transforming Glasgow written by Kintrea, Keith and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 30 years after Glasgow turned towards regeneration, indicators of its built environment, its health, its economic performance and its quality of life remain below UK averages. This interdisciplinary study examines the ongoing transformation of Glasgow as it transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial city during the 20th and 21st centuries. Looking at the diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration and economic and social change, it considers the evolving lived experiences of Glaswegians. Contributors explore the actions required to secure the gains of regeneration and create an economically competitive, socially just and sustainable city, establishing a theory that moves beyond post-industrialism and serves as a model for similar cities globally.
Author : Lynn Abrams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429848412
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Glasgow written by Lynn Abrams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of an unparalleled housing crisis at the end of the Second World War, Glasgow Corporation rehoused the tens of thousands of private tenants who were living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in unimproved Victorian slums. Adopting the designs, the materials and the technologies of modernity they built into the sky, developing high-rise estates on vacant sites within the city and on its periphery. This book uniquely focuses on the people's experience of this modern approach to housing, drawing on oral histories and archival materials to reflect on the long-term narrative and significance of high-rise homes in the cityscape. It positions them as places of identity formation, intimacy and well-being. With discussions on interior design and consumption, gender roles, children, the elderly, privacy, isolation, social networks and nuisance, Glasgow examines the connections between architectural design, planning decisions and housing experience to offer some timely and prescient observations on the success and failure of this very modern housing solution at a moment when high flats are simultaneously denigrated in the social housing sector while being built afresh in the private sector. Glasgow is aimed at an academic readership, including postgraduate students, scholars and researchers. It will be of interest to social, cultural and urban historians particularly interested in the United Kingdom.
Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474408818
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past written by Tom M. Devine and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century and a half the real story of Scotlands connections to transatlantic slavery has been lost to history and shrouded in myth. There was even denial that the Scots unlike the English had any significant involvement in slavery .Scotland saw itself as a pioneering abolitionist nation untainted by a slavery past.This book is the first detailed attempt to challenge these beliefs.Written by the foremost scholars in the field , with findings based on sustained archival research, the volume systematically peels away the mythology and radically revises the traditional picture.In doing so the contributors come to a number of surprising conclusions. Topics covered include national amnesia and slavery,the impact of profits from slavery on Scotland, Scots in the Caribbean sugar islands ,compensation paid to Scottish owners when slavery was abolished,domestic controversies on the slave trade,the role of Scots in slave trading from English ports and much else. The book is a major contribution to Scottish history,to studies of the Scots global diaspora and to the history of slavery within the British Empire.It will have wide appeal not only to scholars and students but to all readers interested in discovering an untold aspect of Scotlands past.
Author : Olive Checkland
Publisher : Pergamon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Health Care as Social History written by Olive Checkland and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenny MacAskill
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785904582
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Glasgow 1919 written by Kenny MacAskill and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of January 1919 sees Europe in turmoil, with revolution breaking out across the Continent. Glasgow's industrial community has been steeled by radicalism throughout the Great War, and as the spectre of mass unemployment and poverty threatens, a cadre of shop stewards, supported by political activists, is ready to strike for a forty-hour week. They face a state nervous of their strength and anxious about the wider consequences of their action, with the War Cabinet monitoring the situation closely. On 31 January, now known as Bloody Friday, tensions came to a head when 60,000 demonstrators clashed with police in George Square. The Scottish Bolshevik Revolution (so termed by the Secretary of State for Scotland) erupted, with tanks and 10,000 soldiers immediately despatched to the city to enforce order. The strike may have failed, but 1922 saw the arrival of Red Clydeside, as the Independent Labour Party swept the board in the general election. Now, 100 years on, Kenny MacAskill separates fact from fiction in this adept social history to explore how the events of that fateful day transpired and why their legacy still endures. Drawing on original material from speeches and newspaper reports of the time, MacAskill also paints a vivid picture of the solidarity amongst the working class in a rousing testimony to Glasgow's long radical history.
Author : Carol Foreman
Publisher : Batsford
ISBN 13 : 9781849940757
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Batsford's Glasgow Then and Now written by Carol Foreman and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2013-07-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glasgow Then and Now takes many classic archive photos of the city and compares them to the scene today. It reveals a transition from an industrial city based around the Clyde, its docks and great shipyards, to a modern twenty-first-century economy. Today, the shipyards are all but gone, but the docks are finding new purpose as evidenced by some spectacular comparisons between old and new. Some 70 historic photographs of Glasgow's past are paired with specially commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point. You can see the same streets and buildings as they were 'then' and as they are 'now'. It includes the Cathedral and Necropolis, Provand’s Lordship, the Tontine Building, Saltmarket, City Chambers, Royal Exchange, St Enoch Hotel, Jamaica Bridge, Doulton Fountain, Argyle Street, Sauchiehall Street, Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow University, Gallowgate, Trongate, Gorbals, Queen’s Dock, Yorkhill Dock and Hampden Park. Part of the bestselling 'Then and Now' series, this charming contrast of old and new photographs highlights the stunning changes – and the equally amazing similarities – of one of the most culturally thriving cities in Britain, its well-known places but also some of its hidden gems.
Author : Neil Oliver
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297860291
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book A History Of Scotland written by Neil Oliver and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver. Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy - often badly serve this great nation, overshadowing the rich tapestry of her intricate past. Historian Neil Oliver presents a compelling new portrait of Scottish history, peppered with action, high drama and centuries of turbulence that have helped to shape modern Scotland. Along the way, he takes in iconic landmarks and historic architecture; debunks myths surrounding Scotland's famous sons; recalls forgotten battles; charts the growth of patriotism; and explores recent political developments, capturing Scotland's sense of identity and celebrating her place in the wider world.
Author : John Gorevan
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752427591
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Glasgow Pubs and Publicans written by John Gorevan and published by Tempus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, John Gorevan traces the history of some of Glasgow's most well-known and historic pubs and their proprietors, and discusses their role as meeting places for some of the city's most important, as well as most regular, citizens.
Author : Craig Lamont
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474443272
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (432 download)
Download or read book The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow written by Craig Lamont and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first interdisciplinary exploration of eighteenth-century Glasgow
Author : Edwin Morgan
Publisher : Carcanet Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Cathures written by Edwin Morgan and published by Carcanet Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin Morgan was appointed Poet Laureate of Glasgow in 1999, and many of these poems reflect the life of the city both now and in the past. But equally the poetry moves to other places and other worlds. A sequence of poems about a demon allows the mind to expatiate on a wide range of subjects, social, psychological, philosophical. Some of the poems have been set to music, both jazz and classical. In many ways it is a book of voices and observation, a book of accessible storytelling.
