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Description: Peterloo The Story of the Manchester Massacre. Paperback /softback. By Jacqueline Riding, Mike Leigh.
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Product ID: 9781786695840
Price: £11.99
Brand: Cornerstone
Description: 'The universal significance of this historic event becomes ever more relevant in our own turbulent times.' MIKE LEIGH, director of the award-winning film Peterloo The Peterloo Massacre is a revealing and compelling account of one of the darkest days in Britain's social history. On 16 August 1819, a strong force of yeomanry and regular cavalry charged into a crowd of more than 100,000 workers who had gathered on St Peter's Field in Manchester for a meeting about Parliamentary reform. Many were killed. This violent, startling event became known as Peterloo, one of the darkest days in Britain's social history. The Peterloo Massacre provides a revealing narrative account of the events leading up to Peterloo, starkly describes the actions of that fateful day, and examines its aftermath. It offers a new perspective on the political and military activities of the time, and shows how the very nature of society was powerfully influenced by irreversible technological change: a pattern that, two-hundred years later, still has relevance in understanding the forces shaping our world today. 'One of our nation's defining moments.' STUART MACONIE' Vivid and rather brilliant.'THE TIMES'an absorbing analysis of one of the blackest days for civil liberties which this country has ever known. It is a story of heroes and villains, of suffering and carnage and of incompetence, betrayal and brutality, told with the skill of a master craftsman who makes history leap from the page fresh as the morning's newspapers' EVENING CHRONICLE' There are many accounts of the Peterloo Massacre but none as thoroughly researched as this one. The characters. come alive in his easy to read style. there is much to be learned from Robert Reid's description and analysis of the role and effects of technology, and I hope his book will be widely read. It should be in every school library and discussed by all those involved in the continuing search for civilised solutions to the social and political problems currently facing our people.' CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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ISBN: 9781786090409
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781786090409
Price: £13.49
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Doctor Who Main Range 210 - The Peterloo Massacre. CD-Audio. By Robert Shearman.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781781788813
Price: £30.00
Brand: Birlinn General
Description: Manchester is one the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can claim to be the first post-industrial city. This book uses historic maps and unpublished and original plans to chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester as it grew rich on its cotton trade from the late 18th century, experienced periods of boom and bust through the Victorian period, and began its post-industrial transformation in the 20th century. The Peterloo Massacre, the Bridgewater Canal, the railway revolution, Trafford Park industrial estate, the Ship Canal, Belle Vue theme park, Wythenshawe garden city, the 1996 IRA bomb, Coronation Street, iconic football stadiums, and Media City are just some of the events and places that have put Manchester on the world's perceptual map and are explored through a wealth of published and unpublished maps and plans in this sumptuously illustrated cartographic history. Birlinn General Manchester: Mapping the City - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9781780275307
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781780275307
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Brand: Lovereading
Description: Peterloo. Paperback. By Jacqueline Riding.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781786695840
Price: £15.99
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
Description: In the same format as the successful London Compendium, the Manchester Compendium relates the remarkable and diverse history of England's second city. Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage., Peterloo and Engel's treatise on the conditions of the working classes its political history and the Manchester Guardian and Factory Records its cultural and social history. From Thomas de Quincey to Alan Touring, Neville Cardus to Morrissey - all are part of the city's rich and fascinating past. Covering every area of human activity and incorporating all the great events and key moments in the city's history this will be a fresh and unique perspective on a great city. Penguin Books Ltd The Manchester Compendium - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9780141029306
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780141029306
Price: £8.10
Brand: Lovereading
Description: The Song of Peterloo. Paperback. By Carolyn O Brien.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781789550757
Price: £13.99
Brand: Emons Verlag GmbH
Description: Manchester is far more than a grey provincial city preoccupied with the business of making money. The bales of cotton goods awaiting export have gone from the grand warehouses styled like palaces, and the cotton mills no longer hum with the sound of machinery. Yet the buildings remain in all their glory of tiles, terracotta and stained glass - converted to hotels, offices, chic apartments, hipster bars, fine eateries or gritty drinking dens. The textile trade may have disappeared, but you can find sustainable fashion in the old rag-trade district, and top quality coats and jackets are still being hand-sewn in the last remaining family-owned clothing factory. This book will also take you to alternative Manchester - Radical Manchester from Peterloo to the Pankhursts, Literary Manchester from Elizabeth Gaskell to Anthony Burgess, and of course to Madchester, the crazy music scene of Morrissey, Tony Wilson, the Hacienda and Factory Records. Emons Verlag GmbH 111 Places in Manchester That You Shouldn't Miss - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9783740822460
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9783740822460
Price: £76.50
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Ballads and Songs of Peterloo. Hardback. By Alison Morgan.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781784993122
Price: £16.99
Brand: The History Press Ltd
Description: This richly illustrated history explores every aspect of life in Manchester. Manchester is noted for the 'Industrial Revolution' - its factories, working-class people and urban development all based around its production of cotton textiles. But this is not the complete story. Manchester has always been a more vibrant place which dates back to Roman times. This book traces the development of this important city and its people from the earliest times to the present, where each period in its progress links to the next. The history of Manchester is very much based around its people, who were often pioneers, whether this be the first railway line, the first public library, fighting for greater political rights, or key wealth creators for the nation. As we advance through the twenty-first century, Manchester's role in the United Kingdom remains undiminished as it becomes ever more cosmopolitan and a northern powerhouse of economic, social and political progress. The History Press Ltd The Story of Manchester - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9780750967808
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780750967808
Price: £18.99
Brand: Pluto Press
Description: A lively and well-researched history and critique' - Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, the Guardian has been a key institution in the definition and development of liberalism. The stereotype of the 'Guardianista', an environmentally-conscious, Labour-voting, progressively-minded public sector worker endures in the popular mythology of British press history. Yet the title has a complex lineage and occupies an equivocal position between capital and its opponents. It has both fiercely defended the need for fearless, independent journalism and handed over documents to the authorities; it has carved out a niche for itself in the UK media as a progressive voice but has also consistently diminished more radical projects on the left. Published to coincide with its 200th anniversary, Capitalism's Conscience brings together historians, journalists and activists in an appraisal of the Guardian's contribution to British politics, society and culture - and its distinctive brand of centrism. Contextualising some of the main controversies in which the title has been implicated, the book offers timely insights into the publication's history, loyalties and political values.
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ISBN: 9780745343341
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780745343341