University of Glasgow, Old and New

University of Glasgow, Old and New
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Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951002090577O
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Synopsis University of Glasgow, Old and New by : University of Glasgow

Old Ways New Roads

Old Ways New Roads
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Publisher : Birlinn
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 1780276672
ISBN-13 : 9781780276670
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Old Ways New Roads by : John Bonehill

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.

University of Glasgow: 1451-1996

University of Glasgow: 1451-1996
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 129
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ISBN-10 : 9781474465458
ISBN-13 : 1474465455
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis University of Glasgow: 1451-1996 by : A L Brown

A history of Scotland's second oldest university from its foundation to the present.

Transforming Glasgow

Transforming Glasgow
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Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9781447349808
ISBN-13 : 1447349806
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Transforming Glasgow by : Kintrea, Keith

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.

Thomas Annan of Glasgow

Thomas Annan of Glasgow
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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781783741274
ISBN-13 : 1783741279
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Thomas Annan of Glasgow by : Lionel Gossman

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.

Dear Green Sounds

Dear Green Sounds
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Publisher : Geddes & Grosset, Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1849341931
ISBN-13 : 9781849341936
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Dear Green Sounds by : Kate Molleson

Building Knowledge

Building Knowledge
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Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 1849171149
ISBN-13 : 9781849171144
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Building Knowledge by : Nick Haynes

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.

The Romaunt of the Rose

The Romaunt of the Rose
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 1517564476
ISBN-13 : 9781517564476
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Romaunt of the Rose by : Geoffrey Chaucer

The Romaunt of the Rose (the Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, le Roman de la Rose (le Roman). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works. Also the text was found to contain three distinct fragments of translation. Together, the fragments--A, B, and C--provide a translation of approximately one-third of Le Roman. There is little doubt that Chaucer did translate Le Roman de la Rose under the title The Romaunt of the Rose: in The Legend of Good Women, the narrator, Chaucer, states as much. The question is whether the surviving text is the same one that Chaucer wrote. The authorship question has been a topic of research and controversy. As such, scholarly discussion of the Romaunt has tended toward linguistic rather than literary analysis. Scholars today generally agree that only fragment A is attributable to Chaucer, although fragment C closely resembles Chaucer's style in language and manner. Fragment C differs mainly in the way that rhymes are constructed. And where fragments A and C adhere to a London dialect of the 1370s, Fragment B contains forms characteristic of a northern dialect.