A history of Manchester / Stuart Hylton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hylton, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manchester (England)--History.

Manchester (England).

Physical Description:

xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester : Phillimore, 2003.

Summary:

The story of Manchester is no ordinary piece of local history. For the past two hundred years and more, the city's development has been inextricably entwined with the rise and fall of the nation's fortunes and, to no small extent, those of the British Empire. Manchester has been at the cutting edge of the changes - technological, social, economic and political - that transformed our domestic society. In transport terms alone, Manchester led the way with the first real canal, the first real railway, the first public bus services and the first municipal airport. Its local government institutions were slow to develop but, once in place, they set a pace for municipal enterprise that the rest of the country could only follow. The social and economic problems that grew up with Manchester's new order became matters of national concern. The political issues that stirred the city - from the Anti-Corn Law League to Irish republicanism and the Suffragettes - became driving forces for national reform. Disraeli coined the term 'the Manchester School' to describe the middle-class radicals who were the prime movers of the Anti-Corn Law League. The city's most famous newspaper, the 'Manchester Guardian' had the attention of the nation's decision-makers many decades before it formally became a national newspaper. But there is much more to Manchester's history than the tumultuous events of its industrial transformation. Beneath the streets is to be found evidence of some two thousand years of occupation, from when the Romans built their first mud and timber fort in a damp and hostile outpost of their empire. This new book tells the whole dramatic story - a story that will interest not only Mancunians butall those worldwide interested in the past of this vibrant city.

Contents:

1. The Edge of the Empire 1

2. The Lost Castle 7

3. The Best Builded Town 21

4. Besieged 31

5. Jacobites 39

6. Patriotism and Protest 48

7. The Work of Titans 63

8. The Sewer of Gold 68

9. Blanketeers and Peterloo 81

10. The Iron Road 96

11. The Borough 109

12. The Condition of the Working Class in Manchester 122

13. From Borough to City 134

14. The Great Clean-up 143

15. A Terror to the Poor 152

16. The Great Octopus 171

17. Manchester-on-Sea 176

18. The Death of King Cotton 182

19. Armistice to Welfare State 195

20. Total War 203

21. A City Reborn 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1860772404

OCLC:

53393154