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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Titre(s) : Glasgow [Texte imprimé] : the autobiography / edited by Alan Taylor
Publication : Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (312 pages) ; 20 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Glasgow: The Autobiography tells the story of the fabled, former Second City of the
British Empire from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde,
through the Industrial Revolution to the dawning of the second millennium. Arranged
chronologically and introduced by journalist and Glasgowphile Alan Taylor, the book
includes extracts from an astonishing array of writers. Some, such as William and
Dorothy Wordsworth, Dirk Bogarde and Evelyn Waugh, were visitors and left their vivid
impressions as they passed through on. Many others were born and bred Glaswegians
who knew the city and its inhabitants - and its secrets - intimately. They come from
every walk of life and, in addition to professional writers, include anthropologists
and scientists, artists and murderers, housewives and hacks, footballers and comedians,
politicians and entrepreneurs, immigrants and locals. Together they present a varied
and vivid portrait of one of the world's great cities in all its grime and glory -
a place which is at once infuriating, frustrating, inspiring, beguiling, sensational
and never, ever dull"--Publisher's description
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Taylor, Alan (19..-.... ; journaliste). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Glasgow (GB) -- Histoire
Genre ou forme : Anecdotes
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1780278039. - ISBN 9781780278032
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb472944659
Notice n° :
FRBNF47294465
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prologue ; 1597-1700: An archbishop's seat ; 1701-1750: Pretending to be gentlemen
; 1751-1800: What to do with dung ; 1801-1850: Haunts of vagrancy ; 1851-1900: City
of merchants ; 1901-1925: Fighting women ; 1926-1950: Canoodling ; 1951-1975: Hello,
Dali ; 1976-2000: Deserts wi' windaes ; 2001: Blow up.
