Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age.
Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only did canals move the key commodities of Manchester's industrial revolution -coal, corn, and cotton - but canal banks also provided the key sites for the factories that made Manchester the 'shock city' of the early Victorian age.
Peter Maw is Senior Lecturer in History at Northumbria University
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Manchester canals: Trade commodities and markets 3. Competition and complementarity: Canals roads and rails in Manchester 4. Bringing goods to market: Carriers in the canal age 5. On the waterfront: Basins warehouses and wharves in canal-age Manchester 6. The waterfront and the factory 7. Canals transport and the industrial revolution in Manchester 8. Conclusion Sources and bibliography Index
1. Introduction 2. Manchester canals: Trade commodities and markets 3. Competition and complementarity: Canals roads and rails in Manchester 4. Bringing goods to market: Carriers in the canal age 5. On the waterfront: Basins warehouses and wharves in canal-age Manchester 6. The waterfront and the factory 7. Canals transport and the industrial revolution in Manchester 8. Conclusion Sources and bibliography Index
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