Main entry:

Parkinson-Bailey, John J.

Title & Author:

Manchester : an architectural history / John J. Parkinson-Bailey.

Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2000.

Description:

xviii, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-360) and index.
1. A.D. 70-1800: From the Romans to the canals -- 2. 1800-40: The open town -- 3. Housing in the nineteenth century -- 4. Coming of the railways -- 5. 1840-60: The architecture of commerce -- 6. 1860-90: Confidence and civic pride -- 7. 1890-1940: Ambition -- from the Ship Canal to World War II -- 8. Housing between the wars -- 9. 1940s-60s: Post-war planning and its impact on the city -- 10. Housing in the post-war period -- 11. 1970s: Developers and demolition -- 12. 1980 to the Mid-1990s: Enterprise and the CMDC -- 13. 1990s: Bidding for the Games, and a bomb -- 14. Into the Twenty-First Century: A European city.

Summary:

This work offers an examination of Manchester's architecture, from its origins to the present-day rebuilding of the city centre. It follows Manchester's growth from a village to what many see as England's second city.

ISBN:

0719056063 (hc)
9780719056062 (hc)

Subject:

Architecture England Manchester History.
Architecture Angleterre Manchester Histoire.
Buildings
Architecture
Manchester (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England Manchester
Architecture (object genre) Great Britain England Manchester.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212260
Call No.: NA971.M3 P3 2000
Status: Available