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Cambridge Street-Namesby Ronald Gray; Derek Stubbings; Virén Sahai
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 21.00This book draws on the great wealth of associations of street-names in Cambridge. It is not a dictionary, but it provides a fascinating series of explanatory entries on historical periods and topics - and on a wide variety of notable and sometimes curious characters who lived in or often visited Cambridge. more...
Martin Mereby Audrey Coney; W. G. Hale
Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 25.00A drive through the area of Lancashire inland from the seaside resort of Southport takes you through miles of fertile agricultural land dotted with farms and smallholdings. Road signs pointing to such places as Mereside, Mere Brow and Mere Sands Wood suggest the origin of these peaty soils, because in the seventeenth century this was the site of the largest lake in England. Martin Mere began as a depression in the glacial drift which filled with water as the ice from the last Ice Age retreated, and over its long history the land and the lake have contested the area as water levels have risen and fallen. Although it was drained in 1697, the Mere continued to reappear after periods of heavy rainfall until as... more...
The Making of the Middle Agesby Marios Costambeys; Andrew Hamer; Martin Heale
Liverpool University Press 2007; US$ 80.00Liverpools contribution to the modern construction of the middle ages is here recognized for the first time. From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, scholars from Merseyside have made pioneering advances in fields as diverse as Celtic philology and manuscript collecting, each in their own way contributing to our steadily deepening understanding of the real middle ages, and to the widening use to which images of the middle ages have been put. Merseyside presents in microcosm the different building blocks of the modern middle ages. In addition to its local focus, this book therefore also examines some of the most significant aspects of the modern study of the middle ages in the round. It offers fresh perspectives, from leading... more...
A Guide to Port Sunlight Villageby Edward Hubbard; Michael Shippobottom
Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 14.95The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W. H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such as Bournville, and the garden city movement more generally. This guide considers the village in its historical context, with particular emphasis on the planning and architectural aspects. It explains the social and visual significance of Port Sunlight and the reasons for its being unique in the history of town planning, as well as looking at the way its development was influenced by changing fashions... more...
Irish, Catholic and Scouseby John Belchem
Liverpool University Press 2007; US$ 65.00Liverpool in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a great cultural melting pot and processing point of migration from Europe to the USA. The Irish in particular crossed to Liverpool in their tens of thousands before setting out across the Atlantic. Here for the first time acclaimed historian John Belchem offers a ground-breaking and extensive social history of the elements of the Irish diaspora that stayed in Liverpool, enriching the citys cultural mix rather than continuing on their journey. Covering the tumultuous period from the Act of Union to the supposed 'final settlement' between Britain and Ireland, this richly illustrated volume will be required reading for anyone interested in the Irish diaspora. more...
Isolarionby James Attlee
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 15.00Through the centuries, people from all walks of life have heard the siren call of a pilgrimage, the lure to journey away from the familiar in search of understanding. But is a pilgrimage even possible these days for city-dwellers enmeshed in the pressures of work and family life? Or is there a way to be a pilgrim without leaving one’s life behind? James Attlee answers these questions with Isolarion , a thoughtful, streetwise, and personal account of his pilgrimage to a place he thought he already knew—the Cowley Road in Oxford, right outside his door. Isolarion takes its title from a type of fifteenth-century map that isolates an area in order to present it in detail, and that’s what Attlee, sharp-eyed and... more...
Medieval Norwichby Carole Rawcliffe
Continuum International Publishing 2004; US$ 180.00This title provides a history of one of the most populous and celebrated cities in England. more...
Norwich Since 1550by Carole Rawcliffe
Continuum International Publishing 2004; US$ 200.00This title provides a history of the changes and developments that have taken place in Norwich in the last 450 years. more...
Commonwealth and the English Reformationby Ben Lowe
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 119.95Taking the Vale of Gloucester as a case study, the book refocuses attention onto issues left unfinished in the wake of current Reformation scholarship. By examining the connections between local gentry, city leaders, reformers, MPs, and royal court officials, it illuminates the broad network of political relationships that was essential to the success of Protestant reform. It demonstrates for the first time how commonwealth ideology galvanized many of these powerful leaders toward a new vision of reform that not only served their own material interests but also provided a new impetus and sense of duty toward the public good. more...
Travel Liverpool, England, UKby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 4.99Table of Contents:Essentials: A-Z INDEX | Eat | Drink | Sleep | Stay Safe | Driving in UK1. General: Geography & Climate | History | Governance | Demography | Economy2. Maps: Liverpool | Centre | City Council Wards | Metropolitan Merseyside County | Regions of England | UK3. Transport: Get in | Get around | Airport | Lime Street Railway Station4. Attractions: Top 10 | Itinerary | See | Do | Buy5. Culture: Architecture | Museums | Theatres & Concert Venues | Mathew Street Music Festival | Sport 6. Landmarks: Buildings | Churches | Streets & Locations7. By Area: Areas | Merseyside | Get out7.1 Other Cities: Birkenhead | Chester | Crosby | Formby | Southport | St Helens | Wirral 8. England: Regions | Geography | History | Culture | Cuisine | Get... more...