{ "item_title" : "The History of Manchester", "item_author" : [" Auke", "Yahia Fathy", "Skriuwer Com "], "item_description" : "Think you know Manchester? Forget the tired clich s about rain and football. This is the raw story of how a swampy medieval village became the cradle of the modern world through steam, struggle, and sheer stubbornness. From a freezing Roman fort to the world's first railway and the mills that clothed an empire, Manchester's real history is far grittier than most people realize.This book traces Manchester's full arc from Roman Mamucium to the 20th century, following the people who actually built the city. Roman soldiers freezing on the edge of empire. Medieval wool traders laying the foundations of a future industrial giant. The explosive rise of Cottonopolis and the human cost behind its global dominance. The Peterloo massacre, where cavalry charged into a crowd demanding political reform and changed Britain forever. The world's first railway, built by visionary engineers and crews of navvies working in brutal conditions. Jewish tailors in Strangeways, radical weavers demanding votes, women running looms and later welding warships during the Blitz. And the cholera epidemics that thrived in worker slums while industrial kings built themselves palaces across town.What's inside: Roman Mamucium to medieval market town: how a freezing frontier fort slowly grew into one of England's most important trading centersThe rise of Cottonopolis: global textile dominance, the machinery that made it possible, and the workers who paid the price in health, freedom, and dignityPeterloo and radical Manchester: the massacre that changed British politics, the weavers who demanded reform, and the city's long history of rebellionEngineering firsts: the world's first passenger railway, the Manchester Ship Canal, and the visionaries and laborers who made them realHidden heroes: Jewish immigrants in Strangeways, women in the mills and wartime factories, and the communities that rebuilt the city after the BlitzReader review: My great-grandfather worked in the Ancoats Mills. The factory life details and the Ship Canal chapters hit close to home. This book honors our past without sugarcoating the soot. The sections on Peterloo and the immigrant communities were especially well done. Best Manchester history book I've come across. Eleanor D.From Roman fort to industrial powerhouse, Manchester was never built on cotton alone. It was built on grit, rebellion, and the stubbornness of ordinary people who refused to be ground down. This book tells their story honestly.Order your copy today.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/831/382/9798313828541_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "13.99", "online_price" : "13.99", "our_price" : "13.99", "club_price" : "13.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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