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- English
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About this book
The story of a Scottish city as seen by its residents and visitors: "It's a fine treasure-house—and even Glaswegians may learn something new from it." —
Scotsman
This is the story of the fabled former Second City of the British Empire, from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde, through the Industrial Revolution to the dawning of the second millennium. Arranged chronologically and introduced by journalist and Glasgowphile Alan Taylor, the book includes extracts from an astonishing array of writers.
Some, such as William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Dirk Bogarde, and Evelyn Waugh, were visitors and left their vivid impressions as they passed through. Many others were born and bred Glaswegians who knew the city and its inhabitants—and its secrets—intimately. They come from every walk of life and, in addition to professional writers, include anthropologists and scientists, artists and murderers, housewives and hacks, footballers and comedians, politicians and entrepreneurs, immigrants and locals. Together they present a varied and vivid portrait of one of the world's great cities in all its grime and glory—a place at once infuriating, frustrating, inspiring, beguiling, sensational, and never, ever dull.
This is the story of the fabled former Second City of the British Empire, from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde, through the Industrial Revolution to the dawning of the second millennium. Arranged chronologically and introduced by journalist and Glasgowphile Alan Taylor, the book includes extracts from an astonishing array of writers.
Some, such as William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Dirk Bogarde, and Evelyn Waugh, were visitors and left their vivid impressions as they passed through. Many others were born and bred Glaswegians who knew the city and its inhabitants—and its secrets—intimately. They come from every walk of life and, in addition to professional writers, include anthropologists and scientists, artists and murderers, housewives and hacks, footballers and comedians, politicians and entrepreneurs, immigrants and locals. Together they present a varied and vivid portrait of one of the world's great cities in all its grime and glory—a place at once infuriating, frustrating, inspiring, beguiling, sensational, and never, ever dull.
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INDEX
Note: Page numbers in bold refer to complete extracts by the author listed.
Abbotsford ref1
Abbotsford Place ref1, ref2, ref3
A-Bomb ref1
Airdrie ref1
Albion Street ref1
Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire ref1
Allan, Hugh, ref1
Allen, E.C. ref1
Alston, John ref1
Always a Little Further (Alastair Borthwick) ref1
amputation ref1
Anderson, Dr ref1
Anderson, John ref1
Anderston Cross ref1
Anniesland Cross ref1
Anonymous ref1, ref2
anti-social neighbours ref1
Apprentice (Tom Gallacher) ref1
Aquarius ref1
Arandora Star ref1
Archibald, Duke of Argyle ref1
Argyle Street ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Armageddon ref1
Arran ref1, ref2
Arrochar ref1
asylum seekers ref1
Athenaeum ref1, ref2
Athole Gardens ref1
Atkins, Margaret, aka ‘the great witch of Balwearie’ ref1
A Tour Through the Whole of Britain (Daniel Defoe) ref1
Auchinleck, Lord ref1
Auld, Bertie ref1
An Autobiography (Edwin Muir) ref1
Babylon, Hanging Gardens of ref1
Baird John Logie ref1
The Baillie ref1
Bara, Theda ref1, ref2
Barclay, John ref1
Barga, Italy ref1
‘The Bargain’ (Liz Lochhead) ref1
Barker, Sebastian ref1
Barlinnie Special Unit ref1
The Barras ref1
Barrowland Dance Hall ref1
Barrowman, John ref1
Barr, Matt ref1
Bath Street ref1
Baxter, Stanley ref1, ref2
Bayern Munich ref1
Bearsden ref1, ref2
Beardsley, Aubrey ref1
Beardsmore’s ref1
Belcher, David ref1
Bell, David ref1
Bell, J. J. ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Benedetti, Nicola ref1
Benny, Jack ref1
Best Foot Forward (Molly Weir) ref1
Betjeman, John ref1
Biographic and Descriptive Sketches of Glasgow Necr...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1597–1700 An Archbishop’s Seat
- 1701–1750 Pretending To Be Gentlemen
- 1751–1800 What To Do with Dung
- 1801–1850 Haunts of Vagrancy
- 1851–1900 City of Merchants
- 1901–1925 Fighting Women
- 1926–1950 Canoodling
- 1951–1975 Hello, Dali
- 1976–2000 Deserts wi’ Windaes
- 2001– Blow Up
- Bibliography
- Sources and Permissions
- Index