1st Edition

Glasgow The Making of a City

By Andrew Gibb Copyright 1983
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1983, this book sets the phases and elements of Glasgow’s townscape evolution in their historical framework, from the medieval period when Glasgow was a small but important burgh to the growth of the town thanks to its command of the transatlantic tobacco trade in the 18th Century. Examining the solid growth which came with the textile phase of the industrial revolution and subsequent pioneering achievements in ship-building and marine engineering, the book also charts the subsequent collapse of the industrial base and attempts at urban renewal on a massive scale.

     

    Biography

    Andrew Gibb