Glasgow: Britain in Old Photographs - Softcover

Dalziel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752449621 ISBN 13: 9780752449623

Publisher: The History Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Nigel Dalziel is a freelance writer and researcher and a former museum curator.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0752449621
• ISBN 13: 9780752449623
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128