The cultural memory of Georgian Glasgow

This title provides a reading of Scotland's largest city as it was during the long 18th century. These formative years of Enlightenment, caught between the tumultuous ages of the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution, cast Glasgow in a new and vibrant light. Far from being a dusty metropoli...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lamont, Craig (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Sujets:
1700-1799
Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Glasgow (Scotland) > Civilization > 18th century.
Glasgow (Scotland) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Scotland > Glasgow.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Timeline of Georgian Glasgow
  • Plan of the City of Glasgow (1778)
  • Introduction
  • PART I GEORGIAN GLASGOW
  • 1. Georgian Glasgow: A History
  • PART II REMEMBERING THE GLASGOW ENLIGHTENMENT
  • 2. Glasgow as a Centre for the Arts, Science and Medicine
  • 3. 'Unimpaired remembrance reigns'
  • PART III EMPIRE AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF MEMORY
  • 4. 'That barbarous traffic
  • 5. 'Then went forth our Scots'
  • PART IV COMMEMORATING GLASGOW AS THE 'SECOND CITY'
  • 6. Literary Tourists and Soldier Heroes
  • 7. The Great Exhibitions: 1888-1938
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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