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Glasgow: A New History
About this book
Scotland's largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating places in the country.
This new history of Glasgow begins with the river, for the Clyde made the city flourish. From prehistory to the Romans, to Mungo and the kingdom of Strathclyde, it's a rich, quirky and moving story that remembers the foundation of the burgh by the bishops and moves rapidly to the Union of 1707, when Edinburgh lost a parliament and Glasgow gained access to an empire and business boomed.
Immigrants began to arrive: Highlanders, Irish families fleeing the famine, Jews fleeing persecution and lately Asians who transformed tastes. Britain's favourite dish, chicken tikka masala, was invented in the city. Football, architecture, heavy industry, politics and a distinctive sense of humour are all celebrated. Glasgow has never hesitated to reinvent itself – because its greatest resource has always been its people.
They belong to Glasgow and Glasgow belongs to them. This is their story.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Map
- 1 The Mother City
- 2 The Song of the Clyde
- 3 The Pioneers, the Deep World and the Wall
- 4 Mungo, Enoch and the Molendinar Burn
- 5 The Rock of the Clyde
- 6 The King-Bishops
- 7 The Two Roberts
- 8 Glasgow and the Godly Commonwealth
- 9 Glasgow and the Union
- 10 The Glasgow Enlightenment
- 11 New Glasgow
- 12 Clyde Goes Forth
- 13 Drouthy City
- 14 The Polis
- 15 Seawards the Great Ships
- 16 They Belong to Glasgow
- 17 Rail, Steam and Speed
- 18 Thomson and Toshie
- 19 Fitba
- 20 Glasgow Fly Men
- 21 The Clockwork Orange
- 22 The Collectors
- 23 The Glasgow Boys and Girls
- 24 Glasgow at War: the Home Front
- 25 Glasgow at War: the Front
- 26 You’ll Have Had Your Tea
- 27 The Papers
- 28 Doon the Watter
- 29 Red Clydeside
- 30 The Clydebank Blitz
- 31 The Dock and the Firth
- 32 Gorbals No More
- 33 Palaces of Dreams
- 34 What’s on Channel 10, Hen?
- 35 The World’s Most Famous Glaswegian
- 36 Miles Better
- 37 Honoured Servants of the People
- 38 Nova Glasgow
- 39 Envoi
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Index