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Glasgow: Mapping the City
Hardback
Main Details
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Glasgow: Mapping the City
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Moore
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 255,Width 255 |
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| Category/Genre | Cartography, map-making and projections |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781780273198
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| Classifications | Dewey:911.4144 |
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| Illustrations |
Colour throughout
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Birlinn General
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| Imprint |
Birlinn Ltd
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| Publication Date |
16 October 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The maps featured provide fascinating insights into topics such as: the development of the Clyde and its shipbuilding industry, the villages which were gradually subsumed into the city, how the city was policed, what lies underneath the city streets, the growth of Glasgow during the Industrial Revolution, the development of transport, the city's green spaces, the health of Glasgow, Glasgow as a tourist destination, the city as a wartime target, and its regeneration in the 1980s as the host city of one of the UK's five National Garden Festivals.
Author Biography
John Moore is a specialist on Scottish cartography and has published widely on the subject over a period of many years. He is currently Collections Manager at Glasgow University. He is the author of Glasgow: Mapping the City (Birlinn, 2015).
Reviews'The book's large format does justice to the often highly detailed and colourful maps, whose significance is brilliantly explained by the author' * Press and Journal *
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