Title & Author:

Liverpool 800 : culture, character & history / edited by John Belchem.

Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2006.

Description:

532 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-509) and index.
Celebrating Liverpool / John Belchem -- Small beginnings: Liverpool 1207-1680 / Jenny Kermode, Janet Hollinshead and Malcolm Gratton -- Civic Liverpool: 1680-1800 / Jane Longmore -- Living in Liverpool: the modern city / Colin G. Pooley -- Maritime Liverpool / Graeme J. Milne -- Cosmopolitan Liverpool / John Belchem and Donald M. MacRaild -- City of change and challenge': Liverpool since 1945 / Jon Murden.

Summary:

This text uses historical research to explore the life of Liverpool over eight centuries, and includes sections on politics, economy, and culture. It offers an insider's perspective on the City the European Union has named 'European Capital of Culture' for 2008.

ISBN:

1846310342
9781846310348
1846310350 (pbk.)
9781846310355 (pbk.)
1846310369 (slip case)
9781846310362 (slip case)

Subject:

History.
Liverpool (England) History.
Liverpool (Lancashire)
Lancashire Liverpool.
England Liverpool

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Belchem, John.

Liverpool eight hundred : culture, character & history

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248876
Call No.: BIB 178439
Status: Available