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Author : University of Glasgow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002090577O
Author : John Bonehill,Anne Dulau-Beveridge,Nigel Leask
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781788855990
In 1725 an extensive military road and bridge-building programme was implemented by the British crown that would transform 18th-century Scotland. Aimed at pacifying some of her more inaccessible regions and containing the Jacobite threat, General Wade's new roads were designed to replace 'the old ways' and 'tedious passages' through the mountains. Over the next few decades, the laying out of these routes opened up the country to visitors from all backgrounds. After the 1760s, soldiers, surveyors and commercial travellers were joined by leisure tourists and artists, eager to explore Scotland's antiquities, natural history and scenic landscapes, and to describe their findings in words and images. In this book a number of acclaimed experts explore how the Scottish landscape was variously documented, evaluated, planned and imagined in words and images. As well as a fascinating insight into the experience of travellers and tourists, it also considers how they impacted on the experience of the Scottish people themselves.
Author : Lionel Gossman
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-25
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781783741274
In the wake of Glasgow’s transformation in the nineteenth-century into an industrial powerhouse — the "Second City of the Empire" — a substantial part of the old town of Adam Smith degenerated into an overcrowded and disease-ridden slum. The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, Thomas Annan’s photographic record of this central section of the city prior to its demolition in accordance with the City of Glasgow Improvements Act of 1866, is widely recognized as a classic of nineteenth-century documentary photography. Annan’s achievement as a photographer of paintings, portraits and landscapes is less widely known. Thomas Annan of Glasgow: Pioneer of the Documentary Photograph offers a handy, comprehensive and copiously illustrated overview of the full range of the photographer’s work. The book opens with a brief account of the immediate context of Annan’s career as a photographer: the astonishing florescence of photography in Victorian Scotland. Successive chapters deal with each of the main fields of his activity, touching along the way on issues such as the nineteenth-century debate over the status of photography — a mechanical practice or an artistic one? — and the still ongoing controversies surrounding the documentary photograph in particular. While the text itself is intended for the general reader, extensive endnotes amplify particular themes and offer guidance to readers interested in pursuing them further.
Author : Alfred Lawson Brown,Michael Moss,Michael S. Moss
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN : 0748608729
A history of Scotland's second oldest university from its foundation to the present.
Author : Kintrea, Keith,Madgin, Rebecca
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447349808
Some 30 years after Glasgow turned towards regeneration, indicators of its built environment, its health, its economic performance and its quality of life remain below UK averages. This interdisciplinary study examines the ongoing transformation of Glasgow as it transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial city during the 20th and 21st centuries. Looking at the diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration and economic and social change, it considers the evolving lived experiences of Glaswegians. Contributors explore the actions required to secure the gains of regeneration and create an economically competitive, socially just and sustainable city, establishing a theory that moves beyond post-industrialism and serves as a model for similar cities globally.
Author : Keppie Lawrence Keppie
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : ART
ISBN : 9781474469784
This book describes the life and achievements of the eighteenth-century Scottish physician William Hunter and outlines the history of the Museum named after him. William Hunter built up a wide-ranging private collection at his home in London, encompassing not only anatomical and pathological specimens related to his medical work, but also books and manuscripts, coins and medals, natural history specimens and artworks. On his death in 1783 he bequeathed the collection to the University of Glasgow where he had long ago been a student, and money to construct a Museum which opened in 1807. The book utilises a wide range of source material, much of it previously unpublished, to tell the story of the Museum's development, the many subsequent additions to its holdings and, more recently, the construction of a new Hunterian Art Gallery which houses not only Hunter's own collection but also numerous works be James McNeill Whistler and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Museum is celebrating its bicentenary in 2007.There is a foreward contributed by Sir Kenneth Calman, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, and formerly Government Chief Medical Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham
Author : John Bulloch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Scotland
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090397068
Author : Robert Crawford
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674067271
A mere forty miles apart, these cities have enjoyed a scratchy rivalry since wistful Edinburgh lost parliamentary sovereignty and defiant Glasgow came into its industrial promise. Crawford brings them to life between the covers of one book, in a tale that mixes novelty and familiarity, as Scotland’s cultural capital and largest commercial city do.
Author : John Kerr
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : England
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000274245
Author : Addison W Innes (William Innes)
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1018273387
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : David Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
ISBN : NWU:35558005321308
Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780486460116
This classic of esoterica explores witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, damnation, Satanism, and every variety of magic. Written by the field's foremost scholar, it features colorful, little-known anecdotes about witches, devils, and their arts. It also provides numerous historical accounts of witch trials and surveys the role of witches in literature.
Author : Liam McIlvanney
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487003760
In the chilling new crime novel from award-winning author Liam McIlvanney, a serial killer stalks the streets of Glasgow and Detective Inspector McCormack follows a trail of devastating secrets to uncover the truth ... Glasgow, 1969. In the grip of the worst winter for years, the city is brought to its knees by a killer whose name fills the streets with fear: The Quaker. He takes his next victim — the third woman from the same nightclub — and dumps her in the street like rubbish. The police are left chasing a ghost, with no new leads and no hope of catching their prey. DI McCormack, a talented young detective from the Highlands, is ordered to join the investigation. But his arrival is met with anger from a group of officers on the brink of despair. Soon he learns just how difficult life can be for an outsider. When another woman is found murdered in a tenement flat, it’s clear the case is by no means over. From ruined backstreets to the dark heart of Glasgow, McCormack follows a trail of secrets that will change the city — and his life — forever.
Author : Nick Haynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1849171149
For over 560 years the University of Glasgow has acted as a remarkable patron of architecture. Each generation has sought to maintain and adapt the University's buildings to the ever-changing needs of a world-class teaching and research institution. Often the University has turned to the finest architects, designers and craftsmen to realise its ambitions. Recent survey work undertaken by Historic Scotland in collaboration with the University has unearthed an extraordinary record of these partnerships. Now, for the first time, the story of the University and its buildings can be told through a wealth of never-before-published archive material, ranging from photographs, plans and drawings, to contracts, accounts and personal letters. Building Knowledge traces the development of the institution from its founding in 1451 right up until the present day - including the latest chapter in its architectural history, about to be written with the expansion of the main campus.The University's fascinating buildings - which continue to inspire thousands of students, residents and visitors - have much to tell us about Scotland's enduring role as a centre of learning and culture in both Europe and the wider world. In this lavish new book, the story of a thriving University - and the people who built and shaped it - is brought to life in vivid detail.