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Author : Matthew Paris
Release : 1853
Genre : Great Britain
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Book Synopsis The Flowers of History by : Matthew Paris
Download or read book The Flowers of History written by Matthew Paris. This book was released on 1853. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Manchester Public Library (Manchester, N.Y.)
Release : 1940
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Book Synopsis Books from the Old Manchester Library by : Manchester Public Library (Manchester, N.Y.)
Download or read book Books from the Old Manchester Library written by Manchester Public Library (Manchester, N.Y.). This book was released on 1940. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terry Wyke
Release : 2018
Genre : Manchester (England)
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Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Manchester by : Terry Wyke
Download or read book Manchester written by Terry Wyke. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manchester is one the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can claim to be the first post-industrial city. This book uses historic maps and unpublished and original plans to chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester as it grew rich on its cotton trade from the late 18th century, experienced periods of boom and bust through the Victorian period, and began its post-industrial transformation in the 20th century. The Peterloo Massacre, the Bridgewater Canal, the railway revolution, Trafford Park industrial estate, the Ship Canal, Belle Vue theme park, Wythenshawe garden city, the 1996 IRA bomb, Coronation Street, iconic football stadiums, and MediaCity are just some of the events and places that have put Manchester on the world's perceptual map and are explored through a wealth of published and unpublished maps and plans in this sumptuously illustrated cartographic history.
Author : William Manchester
Release : 2009-09-26
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A World Lit Only by Fire by : William Manchester
Download or read book A World Lit Only by Fire written by William Manchester. This book was released on 2009-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth: the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. "Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." --Chicago Tribune
Author : Matthew Yeo
Release : 2011-05-10
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700 by : Matthew Yeo
Download or read book The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700 written by Matthew Yeo. This book was released on 2011-05-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chetham's Library, Manchester, was founded in 1655 by the bequest of the Manchester merchant, Humphrey Chetham (1580-1653). Drawing on recent debates about the methods of book history, this book is a detailed study of the way in which an early modern provincial library was created, stocked with books and administered. Using extensive archival research into the Library's acquisitions and the trade in books and ideas in the later seventeenth century, Yeo examines the motivations behind the Library's foundation, the beliefs of those responsible for the selection of books and the Library's relationship with the London bookseller Robert Littlebury. The result is a refreshing reinterpretation of provincial intellectual culture and the workings of the early modern trade in books and ideas.
