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MANCHESTER MAPPING THE CITY
•AnewbooklookingatthehistoryofManchesterusingaricharrayofmorethan100streetmaps,landsurveys,engineeringplansandpromotionalbirds-eyeviews.
•Featuresoriginalmapsfromtheeighteenthtothetwenty-firstcentury,drawingonlocalarchivesandlibraries.
• IllustratesanddiscussesthesignificanteventsandplacesthathavefeaturedinManchester’shistory,suchasPeterloo,theShipCanal,TownHall,BelleVue,VictoriaStationandthefootballgrounds.
•Tellsthestoryofsomeoftheinfluentialmap-makerswhohavesurveyedManchester.
•Largeformatandlavishfullcolourillustrationsthroughout.
What’s in the bookAstheworld’sfirstindustrialcityManchesterhasaspecialplaceinthehistoryofthemodernworld.Thisbookprovidesafreshandnovelperspectiveonthathistorybyexaminingitsmapsandunpublishedplans,beginningintheeighteenthcenturywhenManchestergrewrichonthecottontrade,thelongVictorianperiodofboomandbust,andthepost-industrialtransformationofCottonopolisinthetwentiethcentury.
ItisthefirsthistoryofthecityseenthroughtheeyesofitscartographersandtheirmapsThecarefullyselectedmapsrevealboththecommercialandeconomicdevelopmentofthecityandregionaswellasitssocialandculturalpast,rangingfromitsresponsestosocialproblemssuchashousinganddiseasetokeypoliticaleventssuchasthePeterlooMassacrein1819.
Mapsalsoprovidenewinsightsintothetransportrevolutionsthathaveshapedthecity,fromitspioneeringcanalsandrailwaystothedevelopmentofairtransportinthetwentiethcentury.PlansofBelleVuezoologicalgardens,theatresandcinemas,andofcourse,CoronationStreetanditsiconicfootballstadiumsprovideanotherpartofthehistory.
Lavishlyillustratedwithover100printedandmanuscriptmaps,manypreviouslyunpublished,thisbookwillappealtoallthoseinterestedinthehistoryofthecity,itsbuildingsandpublicspaces,aswellitsneglectedcartographicalhistory.
A detailed panorama of the city centre by H.W. Brewer, 1889
1904 Housing Condition Map
1926 Civic Week Cartoon Map
1793 Charles Laurent Street Map
The AuthorsTerry WykeisHonoraryResearchFellowinHistoryatManchesterMetropolitanUniversity.HisPublicSculptureinGreaterManchesterwasthewinnerofthePorticoBookPrizein2005.
Brian RobsonisEmeritusProfessorinGeographyatTheUniversityofManchesterwhereheworkedonurbanpolicy.Sinceretiringhehaspursuedhislong-heldfascinationwithhistoricurbanmaps.
Martin DodgeisSeniorLecturerinGeographyatTheUniversityofManchester.MuchofhiscurrentresearchfocusesonManchesterandhehasco-curatedseveralhigh-profilepublicexhibitionsaboutthecity.
Thebookisbasedonmanyyearsofresearch,mapcollectinganddiggingforcartographiccuriosinthearchives.Theoriginalmapsandplanspresentedarefromthreekeysources;ManchesterArchives+intheCentralLibrary,theUniversityofManchesterLibraryandChetham’sLibrary.Manyotherplacesalsohelped,includingtheGreaterManchesterMuseumofTransport,DigitalArchivesandSalfordLocalHistoryLibrary.
PublishedbyBirlinn,ISBN9781780275307;October2018.Hardbackformat,272pp;Price£30
Further information – www.mappingmanchester.org
Promotional map from the Manchester Ship Canal Company, c.1920sExample from Joseph Adshead maps, 1851