Author: Richard Wright Procter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manchester (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The Victorian City
Author: Harold James Dyos
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415193245
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Victorian City is a study of the social and intellectual attitudes of Victorian society to the challenge of urbanization.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415193245
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Victorian City is a study of the social and intellectual attitudes of Victorian society to the challenge of urbanization.
2,000 Years of Manchester
Author: Kathryn Coase
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526715112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An enlightening and entertaining portrait of the English city’s history, legends, and lore, including photos and quotations: “Excellent.” —NB Magazine This is not a chronological history of Manchester filled with names and dates and figures. Rather, it is an eclectic mix of fact, fiction, legend, and myth that presents the history of Manchester from its beginnings as a Roman settlement, then as an insignificant market town, to its place as a city at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and beyond—capturing not only the often tragic lives, times, struggles, and beliefs of the city’s ever-expanding population, but also its resilience and humor. Including photographs, illustrations, poems and quotes, the book ranges from the funny, including the stories of “Spanking Roger” and the “Manchester Mummy” to the tragic stories of “Cholera” and “Mary Bradley”, together with the bizarre “Pig Tales” and the criminal “Scuttlers” and “Purrers.” For anyone interested in urban, social, or English history, this is a well-researched, well-written, and, most importantly, entertaining and informative read.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526715112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An enlightening and entertaining portrait of the English city’s history, legends, and lore, including photos and quotations: “Excellent.” —NB Magazine This is not a chronological history of Manchester filled with names and dates and figures. Rather, it is an eclectic mix of fact, fiction, legend, and myth that presents the history of Manchester from its beginnings as a Roman settlement, then as an insignificant market town, to its place as a city at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and beyond—capturing not only the often tragic lives, times, struggles, and beliefs of the city’s ever-expanding population, but also its resilience and humor. Including photographs, illustrations, poems and quotes, the book ranges from the funny, including the stories of “Spanking Roger” and the “Manchester Mummy” to the tragic stories of “Cholera” and “Mary Bradley”, together with the bizarre “Pig Tales” and the criminal “Scuttlers” and “Purrers.” For anyone interested in urban, social, or English history, this is a well-researched, well-written, and, most importantly, entertaining and informative read.
The Culture of Capital
Author: Janet Wolff
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719024610
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719024610
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Hubbub
Author: Emily Cockayne
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300177089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences—traffic jams, noisy neighbors, pollution, food scares—but urban nuisances of the past existed on a different scale entirely, this book explains in vivid detail. Focusing on offenses to the eyes, ears, noses, taste buds, and skin of inhabitants of England's pre-Industrial Revolution cities, Hubbub transports us to a world in which residents were scarred by smallpox, refuse rotted in the streets, pigs and dogs roamed free, and food hygiene consisted of little more than spit and polish. Through the stories of a large cast of characters from varied walks of life, the book compares what daily life was like in different cities across England from 1600 to 1770. Using a vast array of sources, from novels to records of urban administration to diaries, Emily Cockayne populates her book with anecdotes from the quirky lives of the famous and the obscure—all of whom confronted urban nuisances and physical ailments. Each chapter addresses an unpleasant aspect of city life (noise, violence, moldy food, smelly streets, poor air quality), and the volume is enhanced with a rich array of illustrations. Awakening both our senses and our imaginations, Cockayne creates a nuanced portrait of early modern English city life, unparalleled in breadth and unforgettable in detail.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300177089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences—traffic jams, noisy neighbors, pollution, food scares—but urban nuisances of the past existed on a different scale entirely, this book explains in vivid detail. Focusing on offenses to the eyes, ears, noses, taste buds, and skin of inhabitants of England's pre-Industrial Revolution cities, Hubbub transports us to a world in which residents were scarred by smallpox, refuse rotted in the streets, pigs and dogs roamed free, and food hygiene consisted of little more than spit and polish. Through the stories of a large cast of characters from varied walks of life, the book compares what daily life was like in different cities across England from 1600 to 1770. Using a vast array of sources, from novels to records of urban administration to diaries, Emily Cockayne populates her book with anecdotes from the quirky lives of the famous and the obscure—all of whom confronted urban nuisances and physical ailments. Each chapter addresses an unpleasant aspect of city life (noise, violence, moldy food, smelly streets, poor air quality), and the volume is enhanced with a rich array of illustrations. Awakening both our senses and our imaginations, Cockayne creates a nuanced portrait of early modern English city life, unparalleled in breadth and unforgettable in detail.
William Gadsby
Author: B. A. Ramsbottom
Publisher: Gospel Standard Publications
ISBN: 9781897837313
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher: Gospel Standard Publications
ISBN: 9781897837313
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
List of Books Forming the Reference Library in the Reading Room of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
List of Books Forming the Reference in the Reading Room of the British Museum
Author: British museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Health, Wealth and Population in the Early Days of the Industrial Revolution
Author: Mabel Craven Buer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Revival: Health, Wealth, and Population in the early days of the Industrial Revolution (1926)
Author: Mabel Craven Buer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351341340
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive over view of eighteenth-century British medical reform, but as an economic historian, Buer considered the effect of diseases and medical intervention on population growth, not on medical ideas. Other optimistic views of the century either focused, like Buer, on the 'standard of living debate' or a related debate about the role (if any) of hospitals and public health measures in reducing mortality during the industrial revolution, giving only pasing attention to disease theory.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351341340
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive over view of eighteenth-century British medical reform, but as an economic historian, Buer considered the effect of diseases and medical intervention on population growth, not on medical ideas. Other optimistic views of the century either focused, like Buer, on the 'standard of living debate' or a related debate about the role (if any) of hospitals and public health measures in reducing mortality during the industrial revolution, giving only pasing attention to disease theory.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description