PublishedBirlinn Ltd, October 2015 |
ISBN9781780273198 |
FormatHardcover, 288 pages |
Dimensions25.5cm × 25.5cm × 3cm |
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.
