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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