MADE IN MANCHESTER EB
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MADE IN MANCHESTER EB

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MADE IN MANCHESTER EB

About this book

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it

'What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.'

Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the 'shock city' of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on hard work and innovation, it is no coincidence that the digital age began here too, with the world's first stored-program computer, Baby.

A city as radical as it is revolutionary, Manchester has always been a political hotbed. The Peterloo Massacre is immortalised in British folklore and the city was a centre for pioneering movements such as Chartism. Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst hailed from here and the city still treasures its wilful independence.

Manchester's spirited individuality has carried through into its artistic output too, bringing the world Anthony Burgess, L.S. Lowry, Jeanette Winterson, Joy Division and Oasis. Mention United or City almost anywhere and you'll find fans, and opinions.

Until now, this magnificent city did not have its definitive history. From the author of the bestselling Northerners, this work of unrivalled authority and breadth tells the story of a changing place and its remarkable people.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Note to Readers
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Andy Burnham
  6. Prologue
  7. 1. Beginnings
  8. 2. Civil War to Georgian Boom Town
  9. 3. The Rise of Cottonopolis
  10. 4. Riots and Radicals
  11. 5. Shock City of the 1840s
  12. 6. Migrant Tales
  13. 7. Science and Technology
  14. 8. Words and Pictures
  15. 9. Victorian, Edwardian Expansion
  16. 10. Votes for Women
  17. 11. Popular Culture
  18. 12. World Wars and Depression
  19. 13. Sporting Passion
  20. 14. The Postwar Era
  21. 15. Music
  22. 16. Twenty-first Century
  23. References
  24. Select Bibliography
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Index
  27. About the Publisher