Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939

Name: Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Manchester University. Faced with economic decline, unprecedented levels of unemployment and new forms of political extremism during Britain's last great economic crash, politicians and planners in Liverpool and Manchester responded by investing in dramatic and ambitious programmes of urban regeneration. Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 is the first book to provide the hitherto unknown story of the innovative transformation of these cities. Charlotte Wildman challenges academic scholarship in British history, which associates the post-1918 period with the emasculation of local government and the decline of civic culture. She shows that local politicians, planners, architects, businessmen and even religious leaders embraced innovative trends in creating distinct forms of urban modernities, which particularly changed the way women experienced the transformed city. Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 offers a complex, interactive and multipolar interpretation of the ways cities develop, pointing to new methods and ways of understanding both interwar Britain and urban history more generally. At a time of debate and discussion about devolution and decentralisation of government, this book makes an opportune contribution to debates about urban governance and regionalism in contemporary Britain.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 302
Release Date:: 2016-09-22
Publication Date:: 2016-09-22
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1474257364
ISBN13:: 9781474257367
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 619 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 21 cm

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