{"product_id":"9781350063839","title":"Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUrban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCharlotte Wildman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis open access book investigates the dramatic and ambitious programmes of urban regeneration by politicians and planners in Liverpool and Manchester. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRedevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to provide the hitherto unknown story of the innovative transformation of these cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Wildman challenges academic scholarship in British history, which associates the post-1918 period with the emasculation of local government and the decline of civic culture. She shows that local politicians, planners, architects, businessmen and even religious leaders embraced innovative trends in creating distinct forms of urban modernities, which particularly changed the way women experienced the transformed city. \u003ci\u003eUrban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939\u003c\/i\u003e offers a complex, interactive and multipolar interpretation of the ways cities develop, pointing to new methods and ways of understanding both interwar Britain and urban history more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a time of debate and discussion about devolution and decentralisation of government, this book makes an opportune contribution to debates about urban governance and regionalism in contemporary Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University Manchester.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Wildman\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Modern British History, University of Manchester, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 March 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350063839\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51935884542092,"sku":"9781350063839","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_ec9e3f94-25fb-4039-ac81-32ec39681f07.jpg?v=1786014529","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350063839","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}