A History of Manchester

Name: A History of Manchester
Brand: The History Press Ltd

The History Press Ltd

A History of ManchesterAuthor(s): Stuart Hylton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Phillimore & Co Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780750967280, 978-0750967280\nSynopsis\nManchester has a story that is no ordinary local history. Its life has been inextricably entwined with the rise and fall of the nations fortunes and, tono small extent, those of the British Empire. Manchester was the shock city of the early 19th century the place where it was all happening. The radical new relationships forged there between employer and employee greatly influenced the development of Marxism, with all its consequences for the 20th century. In transport terms alone, the city led the way with the first real canal, the first real railway, the first public bus service and the first municipal airport. Its local government set a pace for enterprise that the rest of the country could only follow. The social and economic problems that arose here became matters of national conce.