Glasgow : a history of the city / Michael Fry.

"Beloved, reviled - and not only by Glaswegians - Glasgow isn't just the Industrial Revolution nor the Victorian slums. Founded in the sixth century, its forebears pushed back the Romans. The roof of its cathedral, founded in the twelfth century, survived the Reformation. Its fifteenth-century unive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fry, Michael, 1947- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	London : Head of Zeus, 2017.
Subjects:	Glasgow (Scotland) > History. Scotland > Glasgow. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xviii, 428 pages, 8 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: 'Pretty damn active'
Trade: 'Plenty of goods'
Industry: 'High service, romance and adventure'
Religion: 'Twa kingdomes'
Class: 'Staunch to Scottish traditions'
Poverty: 'The lowest state of misery'
Womanhood: 'Varied harmony'
Patricians: 'Model municipality'
Plebians: 'Feeling of discord'
Image: 'Great white hope'
Imagination: 'An occupied country'
Envoi: 'Wider society'.