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City of Capital and Labour The Making and Transformation of Industrial Manchester

City of Capital and Labour The Making and Transformation of Industrial ManchesterBy: Tom Saunders

Product Code: 9781805115564

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Brand:Tom Saunders
Weight .635 kg
Dimensions 15.6 × 2.3 × 23.4 cm

This compelling book explores the evolution of industrial Manchester, offering a fresh perspective on its built environment through the lens of architecture, archaeology, and social history. The book argues that the city’s evolving physical structure was deeply intertwined with the capitalist logic of class relations, where architecture and urban spaces became arenas for competing social identities. Through mapping the enduring physical traces of these changes, and using a Marxist lens to examine shifting power structures in cities, the book underscores Manchester’s role as a microcosm of industrial and urban transformation. It invites readers to rediscover the city’s industrial heritage, emphasising the importance of its historic buildings in understanding the socio-economic forces that shaped modern urban life—before they are irrevocably altered by contemporary redevelopment.

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