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Product Identifiers

PublisherHi-Story Press The Limited, T.H.E.

ISBN-100752449621

ISBN-139780752449623

eBay Product ID (ePID)73668205

Product Key Features

Book TitleGlasgow in Old Photographs

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Great Britain / Scotland, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain

Publication Year2009

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorNigel Dalziel

Book SeriesBritain in Old Photographs Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal941.4/4/081

SynopsisBearing a rich history and proud traditions, in the 19th century Scotland generated vast wealth through commerce, manufacturing, and heavy industry which made Glasgow the "Second City of the Empire" and shipbuilder to the world. This book covers the development of the Clyde Navigation, and the international exhibitions which took place in Kelvingrove and showed Glasgow off to the world. The photographs also show the drastic changes to the city as it was in the 18th century, changes that produced handsome new streets and urban parks, as well as increasingly fetid slums and unsightly factories. Later demolition of the historic core of the city by unsentimental Glaswegians made way for new public buildings, housing, the central shopping area, and a modern railway system. This book also reflects the character of the hardworking population whose chequered lives have created the modern city of Glasgow., Bearing a rich history and proud traditions, in the nineteenth century Scotland generated vast wealth through commerce, manufacturing and heavy industry which made Glasgow the 'Second City of the Empire' and shipbuilder to the world. This book covers the development of the Clyde Navigation, and the international exhibitions which took place in Kelvingrove and showed Glasgow off to the world. The photographs also show the drastic changes to the city as it was in the eighteenth century, changes that produced handsome new streets and urban parks, as well as increasingly fetid slums and unsightly factories. Later demolition of the historic core of the city by unsentimental Glaswegians made way for new public buildings, housing, the central shopping area and a modern railway system. This book also reflects the character of the hardworking population whose chequered lives have created the modern city of Glasgow.

LC Classification NumberDA890.G5