Glasgow: The Making of a City

by Andrew Gibb

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103200410X
• ISBN13: 9781032004105
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"