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What is Manchester? Moving far from the glitzy shopping districts and architectural showpieces, away from cool city-centre living and modish cultural centres, this book shows us the unheralded, under-appreciated and overlooked parts of Greater Manchester in which the majority of Mancunians live, wor...
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Manchester University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
What is Manchester? Moving far from the glitzy shopping districts and architectural showpieces, away from cool city-centre living and modish cultural centres, this book shows us the unheralded, under-appreciated and overlooked parts of Greater Manchester in which the majority of Mancunians live, work and play. It tells the story of the city thematically, using concepts such a 'material', 'atmosphere', 'waste', 'movement' and 'underworld' to challenge our understanding of the quintessential post-industrial metropolis. 0Bringing together contributions from twenty-five poets, academics, writers, novelists, historians, architects and artists from across the region alongside a range of captivating photographs, this book explores the history of Manchester through its chimneys, cobblestones, ginnels and graves. This wide-ranging and inclusive approach reveals a host of idiosyncrasies, hidden spaces and stories that have until now been neglected. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 350 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781526144140 (paperback) : 152614414X (paperback) 9781526144157 (electronic publication) 1526144158 (electronic publication) 9781526144133 (electronic book) 1526144131 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | HN398 |
| CLC: | K561.9 |
| Call Number: | K561.9/M268-1 |
| Contents: |
Machine generated contents note: Atmospheres -- Spirit / Feel / Corridor / Chimney / Night / Moors / Monuments -- Statue / Museum / Shopping centre / Stained glass / Sculpture / Movement -- Exchange / Stone / Ring road / Loop / Bus stop / Walk / Work -- Cotton / Brick / Co-op / Newspaper / Car wash / Relics -- Medieval / Railway / Stadium / Hair / Baths / Underworlds -- Sewer / Arches / Grave / Violence / Prison / Dregs -- Dye / Arsenic / Shadows / Rhythm / Ruins / Redundant / Secrets -- Facade / Cloister / Thread / Radium / Passage / Cobble / Nature -- Wildscape / Edges / Ginkgo / Canal / Gardens / Destruction -- Flower / Bee / Riot / Atom / Tudor / Home -- Homeless / B&B / Synagogue / Mosque / Immigrant / Laundrette / |