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Overview
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.
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Meet the Author
John Belchem is professor of history at the University of Liverpool and has published widely on nineteenth-century British history.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction Celebrating Liverpool
John Belchem
Chapter 1 Small Beginnings: Liverpool 1207-1680
Jenny Kermode, Janet Hollinshead and Malcolm Gratton
Chapter 2 Civic Liverpool: 1680-1800
Jane Longmore
Chapter 3 Living in Liverpool: The Modern City
Colin G. Pooley
Chapter 4 Maritime Liverpool
Graeme J. Milne
Chapter 5 Cosmopolitan Liverpool
John Belchem and Donald M. MacRaild
Chapter 6 'City of Change and Challenge': Liverpool since 1945
John Murden
Notes
Further Reading
Timeline of notable events
Notes on Contributors
Index
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