{"title":"‘That barbarous traffic’","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter looks at the extent of Glasgow’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and the key figures in Glasgow who sought to change, support, or comment on it. Adam Smith, rooted in the Glasgow Enlightenment, is shown to be anti-slavery, but Smith’s own complicated cultural memory is also brought into view. Key objects such as the Description of a Slave Ship and the Glassford Family Portrait help frame the discussion.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117211093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Then went forth our Scots’","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter considers the story of emigration from Glasgow across the Atlantic. Looking back to the religious persecutions of the seventeenth-century that drove Scots overseas, as well as the Darien Scheme to set up a Scots colony, it is shown how opportunities in the ‘New World’ were exploited via the British Empire. The work of writer and colonist John Galt is used as a case study.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126675883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literary Tourists and Soldier Heroes","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter looks at the image of Glasgow via the late-Georgian, or Romantic-era, infatuation with literary and military figures. Building on the seminal work of Nicola Watson (Literary Tourism) and Graham Dawson (Soldier Heroes), Glasgow is shown to have fashioned itself as a centre of the British Empire.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121553949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Georgian Glasgow: A History","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter offers a condensed history of the period, looking back to the beginnings of the Union (1707), all the way through to the end of the Georgian era in 1837. This shows Glasgow’s key landmarks of growth, including population statistics, major events, and new buildings.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129420113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Unimpaired remembrance reigns’","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines the cultural afterlife of the Scottish Enlightenment, which was laid out in more detail in chapter 2. Beginning with a study of Tobias Smollett’s cultural memory, the frame widens and the question of how well Glasgow’s Enlightenment has been remembered is considered. To do this, theories of memory studies are used to underpin readings of paintings, buildings, institutions, and statues.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"43 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134260741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glasgow as a Centre for the Arts, Science and Medicine","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0003","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter showcases Glasgow as a truly important, often central, hub of the Scottish Enlightenment. Beginning with Francis Hutcheson’s revolutionary ideas and teaching style, the chapter traces the activities of the Foulis brothers, William Cullen, William Hunter, Tobias Smollett, and James Watt.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"111 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126068628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Great Exhibitions: 1888–1938","authors":"C. Lamont","doi":"10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474443272.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter examines the main International Exhibitions hosted by Glasgow in the years 1888, 1901, 1911, and 1938. These occasions were used to promote Glasgow as a primarily industrial city with pride of place in the British Empire. Nostalgia for the Georgian and medieval periods is shown to have affected the cultural memory of Glasgow’s role in the Scottish Enlightenment.","PeriodicalId":278022,"journal":{"name":"The Cultural Memory of Georgian Glasgow","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126488696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}