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Manchester's Radical Mayor - Abel Heywood, The Man Who Built the Town Hall (Paperback)
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Manchester's Radical Mayor - Abel Heywood, The Man Who Built the Town Hall (Paperback)
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Known in his day as the man who built the Town Hall, Abel Heywood
was a leading Manchester publisher who entertained royalty at his
home and twice became Mayor of Manchester. Yet before he found
success his life was one of poverty and hardship, marked by a
prison term in his pursuit of a free press. A campaigner for votes
for all and social reform, Heywood attempted to enter Parliament
twice, but his working-class origins and radical ideas proved an
insurmountable obstacle. As councillor, alderman and mayor, he
worked passionately and tirelessly to build the road, railway and
tram systems, develop education, improve the provision of
hospitals, museums and libraries, better the living conditions of
the poor, and make Manchester a great city. Going beyond the
experiences of one man, this book explores the wider political,
cultural and class context of the Victorian city. It is an honest
tale of rags to riches that will appeal to all who wish to discover
more about the dramatic history of industrial Manchester and its
people.
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