Liverpool : past, present and future.

Pooley, Colin (2008) Liverpool : past, present and future. Urban History, 35 (3). pp. 497-501. ISSN 1469-8706

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Abstract

Liverpool's designation as European Capital of Culture for 2008, together with the 800th anniversary of the founding of the borough in 2007, has (unsurprisingly) generated a number of books dealing with different aspects of the city's history. The five volumes reviewed here represent just a small selection of those available, ranging from the deliberately academic to much more popular publications. Together they provide much of interest for urban historians. If these books have a common theme it is the argument (or assumption) that for much of its history, and in many different respects, Liverpool was (and remains) in various ways different from other British cities. The celebration of difference lies very much at the heart of Liverpool's Capital of Culture activities, and these books provide additional perspectives on Liverpool's demographic, social, cultural, sporting and architectural distinctiveness.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Urban History

Additional Information:

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201

Subjects:

?? liverpoolarts and humanities (miscellaneous)historyurban studiesgeography, planning and developmentg geography (general) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre

ID Code:

26882

Deposited By:

Professor Colin G. Pooley

Deposited On:

05 Aug 2009 10:04

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Last Modified:

03 Sep 2024 23:34

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/26882