Urban Communities
BIC code: JBMG
See also: Social Sciences
There were 6 books found.
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Glasgow: The Forming Of A City - Paperback
Glasgow offers readers an insight into Glasgow at the millennium, covering the most recent scholarship and opinion, and looking to the future of Glasgow in the coming century.
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She Was Aye Workin': Memories Of Tenement Women In Edinburgh And Glasgow - Helen Clark; Elizabeth Carnegie - Paperback
This book explores the hidden lives of the women who held families together and made ends meet in Scotland's crowded urban tenements.
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Sin In The City: Sexuality And Social Control In Urban Scotland, 1660-1780 - Rosalind Mitchison; Leah Leneman - Paperback
Investigating the statement that "Scotland is the classic country for illegitimacy" (Peter Laslett), this book presents the authors' findings about the nature of Scottish society during a period of economic and social change.
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The Town Below The Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City - Jan-Andrew Henderson - Paperback
Contained by a defensive wall, Edinburgh suffered massive overpopulation which resulted in the towering tenements of the Royal Mile. An underground slum developed which has, until recently, been forgotten.
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Transport Disadvantage And Social Exclusion: Exclusion Mechanisms In Transport In Urban Scotland - Julian Hine; Fiona Mitchell - Hardback
The term social exclusion reflects the existence of barriers that prevent people fully participating in society. Whilst many factors, including lack of wealth, contribute to exclusion, one of the key factors is lack of access to an adequate transport system, the subject of this transport policy study.
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Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration And Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900 - Charles W. J. Withers - Paperback
Using maps, tables and detailed archival analysis, Charles Withers presents a full-scale examination of the out-movemewnt of migrant Highlanders from the Highlands to the urban Lowlands in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Add to BasketGlasgow: The Forming Of A City - Paperback
Add to BasketShe Was Aye Workin': Memories Of Tenement Women In Edinburgh And Glasgow - - Paperback
Add to BasketSin In The City: Sexuality And Social Control In Urban Scotland, 1660-1780 - - Paperback
Add to BasketThe Town Below The Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City - - Paperback
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Add to BasketUrban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration And Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900 - - Paperback