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MANCHESTER MAPPING THE CITY • A new book looking at the history of Manchester using a rich array of more than 100 street maps, land surveys, engineering plans and promotional birds-eye views. • Features original maps from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century, drawing on local archives and libraries. • Illustrates and discusses the significant events and places that have featured in Manchester’s history, such as Peterloo, the Ship Canal, Town Hall, Belle Vue, Victoria Station and the football grounds. • Tells the story of some of the influential map-makers who have surveyed Manchester. • Large format and lavish full colour illustrations throughout.

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Page 1: Book folded leaflet - University of Manchester · century when Manchester grew rich on the cotton trade, the long Victorian period of boom and bust, and the post-industrial transformation

MANCHESTER MAPPING THE CITY

•AnewbooklookingatthehistoryofManchesterusingaricharrayofmorethan100streetmaps,landsurveys,engineeringplansandpromotionalbirds-eyeviews.

•Featuresoriginalmapsfromtheeighteenthtothetwenty-firstcentury,drawingonlocalarchivesandlibraries.

• IllustratesanddiscussesthesignificanteventsandplacesthathavefeaturedinManchester’shistory,suchasPeterloo,theShipCanal,TownHall,BelleVue,VictoriaStationandthefootballgrounds.

•Tellsthestoryofsomeoftheinfluentialmap-makerswhohavesurveyedManchester.

•Largeformatandlavishfullcolourillustrationsthroughout.

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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

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1904 Housing Condition Map

1926 Civic Week Cartoon Map

1793 Charles Laurent Street Map

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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


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