Manchester unspun
eBook - ePub

Manchester unspun

Pop, property and power in the original modern city

  1. 376 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Manchester unspun

Pop, property and power in the original modern city

About this book

At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban regions in Europe. This book offers a first-hand account of what happened in between.Arriving in Manchester as a wide-eyed student in 1979, Andy Spinoza went on to establish the arts magazine City Life before working for the Manchester Evening News and creating his own PR firm. In a forty-year career he has encountered a who's who of Manchester personalities, from cultural icons such as Tony Wilson to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and influential council leaders Sir Richard Leese and Sir Howard Bernstein.His remarkable account traces Manchester's gradual emergence from its post-industrial malaise, centring on the legendary nightclub the HaƧienda and the cultural renaissance it inspired.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: How a city got high on music
  7. Place names: A stranger’s guide
  8. 1 The city calls
  9. 2 A meeting in Moon Grove
  10. 3 Dirty old town
  11. 4 All the news not fit to print
  12. 5 A fiend dropping in
  13. 6 Left turn, U- turn
  14. 7 Village people and rock-star developers
  15. 8 HaƧienda hitman
  16. 9 Cash E-conomy
  17. 10 Simply regeneration
  18. 11 Planet Hulme, city conversations
  19. 12 Suited, booted and branded
  20. 13 Manc mafia on the Med
  21. 14 PR potholes on the road to hell
  22. 15 Football, fashion and food
  23. 16 University challenge
  24. 17 The HaƧienda must be built
  25. 18 The merchandising of memory
  26. 19 Pop and politics, Wilson and Burnham
  27. 20 Devolution and dissent
  28. 21 ā€˜Who wants to live in a city without culture?’
  29. 22 Intention: To restore a sense of place
  30. Pictures and credits
  31. Sources
  32. Acknowledgements
  33. Index