{"product_id":"9781350063839","title":"Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUrban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charlotte Wildman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaced with economic decline, unprecedented levels of unemployment and new forms of political extremism during Britain's last great economic crash, politicians and planners in Liverpool and Manchester responded by investing in dramatic and ambitious programmes of urban regeneration. \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This highly impressive monograph by Charlotte Wildman provides a fresh perspective by focusing on the often neglected interwar period in Liverpool and Manchester … [There] is no doubt that the study makes an outstanding contribution to the field of urban history, which students and academics will find invaluable for many years to come.” – \u003ci\u003eHistory: Reviews of New Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Charlotte Wildman is to be congratulated for taking on the complexity of the modern city and demonstrating so many intriguing ways forward in studying it.” – \u003ci\u003eTransactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This is a clear, convincing account of the interwar period which engages with a number of important discussions in twentieth-century British history. It should be read by all historians of twentieth-century Britain, particularly those working on the interwar period or with an interest in gender, religion, modernity, and political cultures.” – \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century British History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[A] significant contribution to modern urban history, and to the study of gender, consumer culture, and religion. It is also a timely one: many of the themes that Wildman brings to the surface have more recently acquired a new significance.” – \u003ci\u003ePlanning Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Charlotte Wildman’s excellent \u003ci\u003eUrban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918–1939 \u003c\/i\u003echallenges these images by placing the female shopper at the heart of the new city centres of the urban north.” – \u003ci\u003eEconomic History Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wildman should be praised for her careful revisionism and fresh approach to the interwar history of England’s northern cities … The book contains useful figures and illustrations … Overall, then, this is a very useful monograph, well executed.” - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781350063839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40675719971022,"sku":"9781350063839","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_09305176-8bac-4f7a-8b76-bf5d3234928e.jpg?v=1639970775","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781350063839","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}