Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North West, by G. O. Holt. 2nd. rev. ed
Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North West, by G. O. Holt
Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Northern Counties from AD 1000
Author: Norman MccordPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317871367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Informative, vivid and richly illustrated, this volume explores the history of England's northern borders – the former counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Westmorland and the Furness areas of Lancashire – across 1000 years. The book explores every aspect of this changing scene, from the towns and poor upland farms of early modern Cumbria to life in the teeming communities of late Victorian Tyneside. In their final chapters the authors review the modern decline of these traditional industries and the erosion of many of the region's historical characteristics.
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North West, by G. O. Holt
Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lancashire and Cheshire from AD1540
Author: C. B. PhillipsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317871669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This series, fully illustrated with maps and half-tones, is written for general readers as well as the student. In illuminating the anonymous lives of our predecessors it will, when complete, substantially enrich our understanding of the many histories which together make up the history of England. This authoritative volume surveys the modern history of the counties of Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In 1540 this was a backward area, poor, underpopulated and conservative. During the seventeenth and early eighteenth century the spread of the first cottage industries to the mills and the mines transformed the region into one of the engines of Britain's nineteenth-century greatness. The causes, the costs and the consequences of that transformation are vividly portrayed in this very readable text. Offers a succinct account and analysis of the first region to experience the developed factory system. Discusses the rise, dominance and decline of the region which has parallels across the country and the world. Provides essential background text for the students of local history. Assumes no previous knowledge of the region.
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The north west, by G. O. Holt
Author: David St. John ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Transport and the industrial city
Author: Peter MawPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130475
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book presents the first scholarly study of the contribution of canals to Britain’s industrial revolution. Although the achievements of canal engineers remain central to popular understandings of industrialisation, historians have been surprisingly reticent to analyse the full scope of the connections between canals, transport and the first industrial revolution. Focusing on Manchester, Britain’s major centre of both industrial and transport innovation, it shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester’s industrial revolution –coal, corn, and cotton – but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the ‘shock city’ of the early Victorian age. This book will become essential reading for historians and students interested in the industrial revolution, transport, and the unique history of Manchester, the world’s first industrial city.
Walford's Concise Guide to Reference Material
Author: Albert John WalfordPublisher: Library Association Publishing (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
This is a shortened version of the three volume Walford's Guide to Reference Material, 5th edition: Volume 1, Science and Technology (1989), Volume 2, Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion (1990), and Volume 3, Generalia, language and literature, the arts (1991). There are more than 3,000 entries, forming an updated compilation of what are considered to be the basic items in the main volumes, plus some more recent material up to April 1992.
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume X, the North West
Author: G D. HoltFeeding the Victorian City
Author: Roger ScolaPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719030888
Category : Food industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description