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Glasgow A History
Michael Meighan
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Description for Glasgow A History
Paperback. A new history of Glasgow tracing the growth of the city from prehistoric days to its rise as one of the Great Victorian cities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 530.
Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and heavy engineering for the world. Its docks would see huge numbers of exports. But Glasgow is much more than this; it is a religious centre, with one of Scotland’s earliest churches, a centre for the Virginia tobacco trade, a home of designers and architects, inventors and entrepreneurs, artists and industrialists. It is that variety of talent, and the melting pot of immigrants and other Scots, sucked into the city at its peak that saw the phenomenal growth in ... Read more
Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and heavy engineering for the world. Its docks would see huge numbers of exports. But Glasgow is much more than this; it is a religious centre, with one of Scotland’s earliest churches, a centre for the Virginia tobacco trade, a home of designers and architects, inventors and entrepreneurs, artists and industrialists. It is that variety of talent, and the melting pot of immigrants and other Scots, sucked into the city at its peak that saw the phenomenal growth in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
A History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445647197
SKU
V9781445647197
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Michael Meighan
Michael Meighan is a Glaswegian writer with a commitment to recording Glasgow life, culture and humour. Born in Glasgow, he grew up in Anderston, within sight of the locomotives being craned on to ships to be exported worldwide. He tells the story of Scotland's industrial powerhouse from the Ice Age to the present day. Originally a writer of business books ... Read more
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