Lost Glasgow

Author : Carol Foreman
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857906348
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Glasgow written by Carol Foreman and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this informative and beautifully illustrated book, Carol Foreman traces Glasgow's history through buildings which have been demolished, but which once played a central part in the life of the city. Beginning with the medieval age, she goes on to look at a massive selection of buildings right through to the 1930s. The result is a fascinating picture of how the city evolved and how major events over the centuries affected its trade, people and environment. Churches, banks, hospitals, theatres, cinemas as well as domestic buildings all feature in this illuminating journey through Glasgow's rich architectural past.

Author : Lionel Gossman
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783741279
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Annan of Glasgow written by Lionel Gossman and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of Glasgow’s transformation in the nineteenth-century into an industrial powerhouse — the "Second City of the Empire" — a substantial part of the old town of Adam Smith degenerated into an overcrowded and disease-ridden slum. The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, Thomas Annan’s photographic record of this central section of the city prior to its demolition in accordance with the City of Glasgow Improvements Act of 1866, is widely recognized as a classic of nineteenth-century documentary photography. Annan’s achievement as a photographer of paintings, portraits and landscapes is less widely known. Thomas Annan of Glasgow: Pioneer of the Documentary Photograph offers a handy, comprehensive and copiously illustrated overview of the full range of the photographer’s work. The book opens with a brief account of the immediate context of Annan’s career as a photographer: the astonishing florescence of photography in Victorian Scotland. Successive chapters deal with each of the main fields of his activity, touching along the way on issues such as the nineteenth-century debate over the status of photography — a mechanical practice or an artistic one? — and the still ongoing controversies surrounding the documentary photograph in particular. While the text itself is intended for the general reader, extensive endnotes amplify particular themes and offer guidance to readers interested in pursuing them further.

Author : Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chess Player's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Civic Federation. Commission on public ownership and operation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book v. 1 General conclusions and reports.-pt. 2. v. 1. Reports of experts-United States.-pt. 2. v. 2. Reports of experts-United Kingdom written by National Civic Federation. Commission on public ownership and operation and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carol Foreman
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788852702
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glasgow Street Names written by Carol Foreman and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a story in the name of almost every street and district in Glasgow, with some tracing their origins to pagan times, long before Glasgow could even be called a city. In this hugely informative and entertaining book, Carol Foreman not only investigates the influences and inspirations for many of the city's most famous thoroughfares, but also considers the origins of particular districts, buildings and even the great River Clyde itself. This revised edition includes new information on city-centre street names from the M8 to the north bank of the Clyde, to Glasgow Green and Bridgeton in the east and to Kingston Bridge in the west. Also included are the districts of the Gorbals, the West End and Anderston. Packed with fascinating information and enhanced with over a hundred photographs and drawings, Glasgow Street Names is an indispensable book which introduces the history of the city in an imaginative and accessible way.

Author : Glenn Hooper
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137520833
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heritage and Tourism in Britain and Ireland written by Glenn Hooper and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-25 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection examines the natural, but sometimes troubled, relationship that exists between heritage and tourism. Chapters included focus on a selection of topics, including literary tourism, industrial heritage, conservation and care. Employing a range of historical and cultural materials, as well as an extensive number of case studies, the chapters offer an engaging overview of heritage and tourism developments across the Isles, especially in terms of recent policy and strategy initiatives, new facilities and infrastructure, as well as the different and evolving management systems currently in place. Interdisciplinary in scope, and drawing on the expertise of researchers from within both academia and industry, this volume will be of particular importance to those with interests in management and the humanities.

Author : Jim Ottewill
Publisher : Velocity Press
ISBN 13 : 191323164X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of Space written by Jim Ottewill and published by Velocity Press. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Ottewill’s exploration of UK club culture and the urban landscapes that have housed it returns in a newly remixed form. Out of Space plots a course through the different UK towns and cities where club culture has found a home. From Glasgow to Margate via Manchester, Sheffield and unlikely dance music meccas such as Coalville and Todmorden, this book maps where electronic music has thrived, and where it might be headed next. This extended version features a new chapter exploring hidden histories and untold stories within Birmingham’s nocturnal scene to provide more insights into the past, present and future of electronic music culture.

Author : Catherine Czerkawska
Publisher : Saraband
ISBN 13 : 1908643528
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Physic Garden written by Catherine Czerkawska and published by Saraband. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving, poetic and quietly provocative' – The Independent. City life in the early nineteenth century was never short of drama: poverty and pollution preyed on all but the lucky few, and ‘resurrection men’ prowled the streets to procure corpses for anatomists to experiment on. Life is improving, however, for young William Lang, who begins courting Jenny, a fine needlewoman, and forms an unlikely friendship with botanist Dr Thomas Brown while working in the physic garden for a leading professor of surgery.At first, William relishes the opportunity to extend his knowledge of plants and their healing properties while foraging in the countryside in the service of his new friend. The young couple’s relationship blossoms, until seeds of trouble threaten to grow out of control.

Author : William Thomas Lowndes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature written by William Thomas Lowndes and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: