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Glasgow: The Forming of the City
Peter Reed
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Description for Glasgow: The Forming of the City
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 264 pages, 170 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; AM; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 731.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748612000
SKU
V9780748612000
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Glasgow: The Forming of the City
Provides new or enlarged insights at variouslevels of spatial, temporal and explanatory detail. There is no doubt that this book is both handsome and scholarly, informative and questioning ... the book is thought-provoking and informative, starting with origins (which always fascinate) and ending with the future. It deserves to be widely read. An attractive book. Provides new or enlarged insights ... Read more