Glasgow: The Forming of the City
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Scottish Studies
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- ISBN 9780748612000
- Weight: 731g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 1999
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Glasgow is the prime British example of the industrial city, and this lavishly illustrated book traces its architectural and socio-economic history from its merchant origins, right through the nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban decline, and onwards to its present, much celebrated regeneration. This new edition offers the reader an insight to Glasgow at the Millennium, covering the most recent scholarship and opinion, and looking to the future of Glasgow in the coming century.Key Features* Published to coincide with Glasgow's year as City of Architecture and Design in 1999* Every chapter has been updated to cover new developments and to look to the future of Glasgow in the twenty-first century* Includes a completely new chapter covering three sites crucial to the future forming of the city* Covers Glasgow's rich architectural history from the Medieval period to the present day, as well as looking forward to the next century
