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Guide to Manchester 1927 (Armchair Travellers Street Atlas Series)
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
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Description for Guide to Manchester 1927 (Armchair Travellers Street Atlas Series)
Hardcover. .
Travel back to 1927 Manchester by exploring the detailed street atlas republished in larger detail and supplemented with nostalgic views and vistas from the 1920's and earlier. During the Industrial Revolution the powerhouse of Manchester had become the hub of a wide network of small Lancashire townships - Little Manchester's as they were commonly known - towns that served the now massive cotton industry. Although its reputation as the prime source of World textiles declined later in the century as a result of cheaper foreign imports, Manchester would continue to expand out into the surrounding neighbourhoods. Heavy wartime ... Read more
Travel back to 1927 Manchester by exploring the detailed street atlas republished in larger detail and supplemented with nostalgic views and vistas from the 1920's and earlier. During the Industrial Revolution the powerhouse of Manchester had become the hub of a wide network of small Lancashire townships - Little Manchester's as they were commonly known - towns that served the now massive cotton industry. Although its reputation as the prime source of World textiles declined later in the century as a result of cheaper foreign imports, Manchester would continue to expand out into the surrounding neighbourhoods. Heavy wartime ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Mapseeker Archive Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Armchair Travellers Street Atlas Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
77
Place of Publication
Truro, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844918201
SKU
V9781844918201
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99-3
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