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This fascinating book, by a leading historian of the city, tells Manchester's story from the Romans to the first steam-powered factories, showing how the centuries before the Industrial Revolution formed the foundation for the city's later greatness.
The Origins of Manchester is highly readable, scholarly, well illustrated and wide-ranging. It is certain to appeal to anyone with an interest in this great city.
Contents
Preface iv
Introduction 1
1 Mamucium: a Roman fort 3
2 Mamecestre: a medieval market town 15
3 'The fairest, best builded, quikkest and most populous tounne of al Lancastreshire': Manchester 1543-1660 34
4 'The greatest mere village in England': roots of industrial revolution, 1660-1780 61
5 Living in eighteenth-century Manchester 82
Notes and references 116
Index 121



