Transport and the Industrial City - Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750-1850 (Hardcover)

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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Peter Maw
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-8360-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-8360-5
Barcode:	9780719083600

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