Liverpool 800
Culture, Character, History
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
532 pages
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100 color plates, 200 halftones
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7-1/2 x 9-3/4
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© 2006
In anticipation of Liverpool’s eight-hundredth anniversary in 2007, Liverpool 800 is the definitive biography of this magnificent world city. The book uses the latest historical research to explore the life of Liverpool over eight centuries to the present day, and includes detailed sections on politics, economics, and culture. Written by experts on Liverpool history, such as Donald M. MacRaild and Colin G. Pooley and incorporating exquisite color illustrations, Liverpool 800 offers an insider’s perspective on the city the European Union has named “European Capital of Culture” for 2008.
Mike Chapple | Liverpool Daily Post
"Looks set to be the Christmas book bargain of the year."
Adrian Jarvis | International Journal of Maritime History
"This book mostly lives up to its extremely lofty ambitions and will long remain an essential reference tool for anyone wishing to know about Liverpool's people, trade and shipping."
E. J. Jenkins | CHOICE
"These essays by a number of authorities trace the city's rise to prominence with shipping, the slave trade, and the coming of railroads, leading to the inevitable period of industrial squalor, and finally its current economic and cultural revival. . . . Richly illustrated with photographs, maps, and documents. Highly recommended."
BBC History Magazine
"This excellent book reminds us that there is more to Liverpool than the Beatles or such stereotypes as Koppites with dodgy perms... it is grounded in solid academic research, accessibly written and richly illustrated. Even Mancunians might like it."
-- BBC History Magazine
-- BBC History Magazine
Times Literary Supplement
"Liverpool 800: Culture, Character & History provides a long overdue reappraisal of Liverpool's chequered history...Lavishly illustrated, this is a vibrant, stylish and witty book."
-- Times Literary Supplement
-- Times Literary Supplement
Urban History
"This is an altogether rich work of history… The range of sources used and the multiplicity of people and incidents discussed by Belchem and his colleagues are remarkable… Liverpool 800 sets a standard for other city centenary histories to emulate."
--Urban History
--Urban History
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction Celebrating Liverpool
John Belchem
Chapter 1 Small Beginnings: Liverpool 1207-1680
Jenny Kermode, Janet Hollinshead and Malcolm Gratton
Chapter 2 Civic Liverpool: 1680-1800
Jane Longmore
Chapter 3 Living in Liverpool: The Modern City
Colin G. Pooley
Chapter 4 Maritime Liverpool
Graeme J. Milne
Chapter 5 Cosmopolitan Liverpool
John Belchem and Donald M. MacRaild
Chapter 6 'City of Change and Challenge': Liverpool since 1945
John Murden
Notes
Further Reading
Timeline of notable events
Notes on Contributors
Index
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