Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor's Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. List of Illustrations xi
6. The Pre-Industrial City
7. 1. Glasgow prior to 1690 3
8. 2. The Rise of the Merchant City, 1690-1800 16
9. Industrial Transformation, 1800-1860
10. 3. The Consolidation of the Urban Economy 37
11. 4. Pressures for Political Reform 59
12. 5. Remaking Society 83
13. Second City of the Empire, 1860-1918
14. 6. The Mature Industrial Economy 113
15. 7. Changing Political Directions 143
16. 8. Living in the 'Second City' 170
17. Glasgow Since 1918
18. 9. Industrial Decline and Economic Reorientation 203
19. 10. Municipal and Parliamentary Politics 226
20. 11. Social Change and Modernisation 252
21. Further Reading 289
22. Index 296