University, City and State by Michael Moss

University, City and State by Michael Moss

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A detailed history of the university on its present site in Gilmorehill set in the comparative history of other universitites in Scotland and beyond.

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University, City and State by Michael Moss

This volume documents the history of Glasgow University since 1870 when it moved to its greenfield location at Gilmorehill. The text also presents the history of Glasgow as the second city of the Empire before it suffered the privations of World Wars and later economic dislocation.
Michael Moss was emeritus professor of archival science at the University of Northumbria, he was previously research professor in archival studies at the University of Glasgow. He served as archivist of the University from 1974 to 2003. He was educated at the University of Oxford and trained in the Bodleian Library and was Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Melbourne in 2015. He wrote numerous books including The 'Magnificent Castle' of Culzean and the Kennedy Family, 2002, The Making of Scotch Whisky, 2000; The Building of Europe’s Largest Mutual Life Company – Standard Life, 1825-2000, 2000. Michael Moss died in 2021.
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ISBN 13 9780748613236
ISBN 10 0748613234
Title University, City and State
Author Michael S Moss
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Year published 2000-11-10
Number of pages 236
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