Salford in 50 Buildings

Salford in 50 Buildings

Author: Carole O'Reilly

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1445694239

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Discover the history and architectural treasures of Salford in this fascinating exploration of 50 buildings and landmarks from across the centuries.


The Irish in Manchester c.1750–1921

The Irish in Manchester c.1750–1921

Author: Mervyn Busteed

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1784996378

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This book examines the development of the Irish community in Manchester, one of the most dynamic cities of nineteenth-century Britain. Based on research into a wide variety of local sources, it examines the process by which the Irish came to be blamed for all the ills of the Industrial Revolution and the ways in which they attempted to cope with a sometimes actively hostile environment. It discusses the nature and degree of residential segregation in one notable Irish district and the role of the Catholic Church as a source of spiritual comfort and the base for a dense network of mutual aid and social and cultural organisations. It also examines how the Irish community allied itself with local campaign groups and political parties and organised celebrations and processions that simultaneously expressed its evolving sense of Irishness but fitted in with local traditions and customs.


Making Social Knowledge in the Victorian City

Making Social Knowledge in the Victorian City

Author: Martin Hewitt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1000012212

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This study explores the ‘ecology of knowledge’ of urban Britain in the Victorian period and seeks to examine the way in which Victorians comprehended the nature of their urban society, through an exploration of the history of Victorian Manchester, and two specific case studies on the fiction of Elizabeth Gaskell and the campaigns for educational extension which emerged out of the city. It argues that crucial to the Victorians’ approaches was the ‘visiting mode’ as a particular discursive formation, including its institutional foundations, its characteristic modes and assumptions, and the texts which exemplify it. Recognition of the importance of the visiting mode, it is argued, offers a fundamental challenge to established Foucauldian interpretations of nineteenthcentury society and culture and provides an important corrective to recent scholarship of nineteenth-century technologies of knowing.


Lancashire

Lancashire

Author: Clare Hartwell

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 844

ISBN-13: 9780300105834

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A comprehensive guide to the buildings of south-east Lancashire.


Beyond Peterloo

Beyond Peterloo

Author: Rob Hargreaves

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2018-06-30

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 152672510X

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ELIJAH DIXON played a key role in the Blanketeer's March of 1817. Arrested, chained in double irons and imprisoned without trial, the episode set the stage for the Peterloo Massacre.Everybody in Victorian Manchester knew of Elijah Dixon. Over a period of sixty years, he was an ever-present force in the tumultuous politics of the town. He worked alongside the great figures of nineteenth century Radicalism, and as 'The Manchester Man' he became the towns ambassador for Chartism. An early apostle of votes for women, Temperance advocate, Christian convert, Dixon rose from poverty to make a fortune as Britains first mass-producer of matches.In Beyond Peterloo, Robert Hargreaves and Alan Hampson bring Elijahs previously overlooked yet vital contribution to social reform to life. Set against the backdrop of the Blanketeers March of 1817 and the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, they reveal the fascinating story of his life and work as Manchesters forgotten reformer.


The Making of Victorian Salford

The Making of Victorian Salford

Author: R. L. Greenall

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9781859360774

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For many years Salford was seen as little more than a grimy part of Manchester: an area of industrial and urban decay. But Salford has always had a distinct identity and in the late 20th century enjoyed something of a renaissance, with major tourist developments, including the quays area and the prestigious Lowry Museum.


Dictionary of Labour Biography

Dictionary of Labour Biography

Author: K. Gildart

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0230293484

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Volume XIII of the Dictionary of Labour Biography maintains the standard of original and thorough scholarship for which the series has earned its outstanding reputation. A unique study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history, each entry is written by a specialist and engages with recent developments in the field of labour history.


Where the Wildgeese Roam: a Coyne Family History

Where the Wildgeese Roam: a Coyne Family History

Author: Steve Coyne

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0244053979

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Irish family history is not easy to pursue. This book took the author many years researching the journey of his family from County Roscommon at the time of the Great Famine in the 1840s. They settled in Lancashire, became part of the Irish in Britain, while working as plasterers, house painters, and cotton weavers. We discover where they lived, how much they earnt, and how much rent they paid. As they assimilated into British society in the last century family members contributed in both world wars. In the Second World War we follow the fortunes of three cousins in each of the three services. The family name - O'Cadhain in Irish - translates as 'wildgoose'. Their roaming continued after 1945 with further migrations to Canada. As we discover from what happened to this one family of famine migrants there are plenty of surprises along the way.