The Upas Tree : Glasgow 1875-1975
by S. G. Checkland
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About This Item
Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. A Study in Growth and Contraction. 8vo, pictorial card covers by Muirhead Bone. 124pp with index, illustrated with maps of Glasgow on the endpapers and eight illustrations by Muirhouse Bone. Lovely and clean inside, slight edge wear to the covers. Previous owner’s name scored out on front free endpaper. This covers the rise of prosperity in Glasgow from 1875, including the quality of life in Victorian & Edwardian times, the first world war, interwar years, the decline of classic industries, the rebuilding of Glasgow, culture and politics etc.
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- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2415
- Title
- The Upas Tree : Glasgow 1875-1975
- Author
- S. G. Checkland
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Glasgow Press
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Glasgow, clyde, ship building, scottish industry, industrial revolution, industrial decline
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest; Historical & Antiquity; Social History, Customs & Traditions;
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