Description: Further DetailsTitle: Transport and the Industrial CityCondition: NewEAN: 9780719083600ISBN: 9780719083600Publisher: Manchester University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/01/2013Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Peter MawLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750–1850ISBN-10: 0719083605Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryItem Width: 22mmTopic: Technology & EngineeringItem Weight: 676gRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Transport and the Industrial City
Title: Transport and the Industrial City
EAN: 9780719083600
ISBN: 9780719083600
Release Date: 03/01/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750–1850
ISBN-10: 0719083605
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Transport and the Industrial City : Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750-1850
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Industries / General, Hydraulics, Commerce, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Modern / General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 23.9 Oz
Author: Peter Maw
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover