Description
The first interdisciplinary exploration of eighteenth-century Glasgow Approaches Glasgow's history as a guide to the cultural memory of the city read through traditional historical and literary analysis Engages with primary sources such as contemporary literature, journalism, and ephemera from a range of institutions and archives Sets out a methodological blueprint for new research into other cities or civic spaces This book provides a long overdue reading of Scotland's largest city as it was during the long eighteenth century. These formative years of Enlightenment, caught between the tumultuous ages of the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution, cast Glasgow in a new and vibrant light. Far from being a dusty metropolis lying in wait for the famous age of shipbuilding, Glasgow was already an imperial hub: as implicated in mass migration and slavery as it was in civic growth and social progression. Craig Lamont incorporates case studies such as the Scottish Enlightenment, the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Eighteenth Century Print Culture to investigate how the city was shaped by the emergence of new trades and new ventures in philosophy, fine art, science, and religion. The book merges historical, literary and memory studies to provide an original blueprint for new research into other cities or civic spaces.
About the Author
Craig Lamont is a Lecturer in Scottish Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. His postdoctoral work ranges from web development to bibliography in the realms of Allan Ramsay, bawrdy chapbooks, and Robert Burns. From 2017 Craig worked as a research associate on the AHRC-funded project Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century (PI: Prof. Gerard Carruthers), and from January 2018 to August 2022 Craig became the lead research associate in another AHRC-funded project, The Collected Works of Allan Ramsay (PI: Prof. Murray Pittock). His debut monograph, The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow, was published by EUP in 2021.
Book Information
ISBN 9781474443289
Author Craig Lamont
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
About the Author
Craig Lamont is a Lecturer in Scottish Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. His postdoctoral work ranges from web development to bibliography in the realms of Allan Ramsay, bawrdy chapbooks, and Robert Burns. From 2017 Craig worked as a research associate on the AHRC-funded project Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century (PI: Prof. Gerard Carruthers), and from January 2018 to August 2022 Craig became the lead research associate in another AHRC-funded project, The Collected Works of Allan Ramsay (PI: Prof. Murray Pittock). His debut monograph, The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow, was published by EUP in 2021.
Book Information
ISBN 9781474443289
Author Craig Lamont
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
