| Liverpool 800: Character, Culture, History Contributor(s): Belchem, John (Editor), Biggs, Bryan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1846310342 ISBN-13: 9781846310348 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $70.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In anticipation of Liverpool's eight-hundredth anniversary in 2007, "Liverpool 800" is the definitive biography of this magnificent world city. The book uses the latest historical research to explore the life of Liverpool over eight centuries to the present day, and includes detailed sections on politics, economics, and culture. Written by experts on Liverpool history, such as Donald M. MacRaild and Colin G. Pooley and incorporating exquisite color illustrations, "Liverpool 800" offers an insider's perspective on the city the European Union has named "European Capital of Culture" for 2008. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 942.753 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (4.61 lbs) 532 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Liverpool celebrates its 800th anniversary in 2007, and will be European Capital of Culture in 2008. As the city reinvents itself and looks forward, it is also learning from its past. Liverpool 800: Culture, Character & History is written by a team of experts, using the latest historical research to explore the city's distinctive culture and character. This is a path-breaking biography of the city, tracing its society, politics, economy and culture over eight centuries. Fully illustrated and powerfully written, it offers new perspectives on a true World City, as it works to make its future as extraordinary as its past. The book's publication will become a centrepiece of the 800 the anniversary Liverpool Year of Heritage celebrations in 2007. Ranging widely over politics and government, famous and infamous personalities, domestic lives and global connections, and culture both high and low, Liverpool 800 offers a warts and all portrait of a city which has inspired contempt ('a black spot on the Mersey') and adulation ('the centre of consciousness of the human universe') but rarely indifference. Elegantly designed and including over 300 illustrations, many of which have never been published before, Liverpool 800 is a superb anniversary celebration of a great city and its people. |