Manchester: Making The Modern City

Manchester was the first industrial city and arguably the first modern city. During the industrial revolution it became the centre of the world's trade in cotton goods. With the history of the city and numerous insights and unexpected stories, this book is essential for an understanding of what Manchester has been and what it can become.

• | Edited By: Alan (Department Of History, Politics And Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom)) Kidd
• | Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 03, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1846318785
• | ISBN-13: 9781846318788