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The Sectarian Spirit : Sectarianism, Society, and Politics in Victorian Cotton Towns / Paul T. Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Paul T., Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian sects--England--Lancashire--History--19th century.
- Christian sects.
- Christian sects--England--Cheshire--History--19th century.
- Social classes--England--Lancashire--History--19th century.
- Social classes.
- Social classes--England--Cheshire--History--19th century.
- Lancashire (England)--Politics and government.
- Lancashire (England).
- Cheshire (England)--Politics and government.
- Cheshire (England).
- Genre:
- History.
- Church history.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This comparative study deals with the important social phenomenon of sectarianism in four medium-sized cotton towns of northwest England between 1832 and 1870. Professor Phillips examines the social role of sectarian animosity in a period of rapid economic expansion and population growth.
- Contents:
- Cover; PREFACE; MAP; 1 Introduction; 2 Bolton: the Geneva of Lancashire; 3 Proud Preston; 4 Stockport and the 'Dark Satanic Mills'; 5 Blackburn: an Archetypal Cotton Town; 6 Wider Perspectives; APPENDIX; NOTES; NOTE ON SOURCES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Reprinted in 2018.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7955-1
- OCLC:
- 1129153847
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