THE MANCHESTER COMPENDIUM by Ed Glinert ( 9780141029306 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE MANCHESTER COMPENDIUM
A STREET-BY-STREET HISTORY OF ENGLAND'S GREATEST INDUSTRIAL CITY

By:

Ed Glinert

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0141029307

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9780141029306

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

7 May, 2009

Pages:

224

Description:

Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage. This title relates the remarkable and diverse history of this England's second city, covering various areas of human activity and incorporating the events and key moments in the city's history.

Synopsis:

In the same format as the successful London Compendium, the Manchester Compendium relates the remarkable and diverse history of England's second city. Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage., Peterloo and Engel's treatise on the conditions of the working classes its political history and the Manchester Guardian and Factory Records its cultural and social history. From Thomas de Quincey to Alan Touring, Neville Cardus to Morrissey - all are part of the city's rich and fascinating past. Covering every area of human activity and incorporating all the great events and key moments in the city's history this will be a fresh and unique perspective on a great city.

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