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The annals of Bristol in the nineteenth century

The annals of Bristol in the nineteenth century

Latimer, John

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Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral ReferenceBritish History

ISBN10: 9353702771
ISBN13: 9789353702779
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Walk into nineteenth century Bristol and hear the city arguing, building, worshipping, and voting. Bristol changes. People remember. Every street tells its story. John Latimer's The annals of Bristol in the nineteenth century is a local history chronicle built from civic annals and records: newspapers, minutes, statistics, and other traces of public life shaped into a readable run of years. It captures industrialization and urban growth alongside the pressures that came with them, from dockside commerce and housing to public order. Here are riots reforms and elections that tested authority and widened participation; there are churches charities and schools that held neighbourhoods together; and there is the accumulation of detail that turns a town into a living community. As a primary source collection, it rewards the curious browser as much as the note-taker. For readers of Victorian England urban history and English city social history, Latimer offers an unusually grounded portrait of how a major port managed modernity. Its clipped entries can read like headlines, yet together they form a rich civic biography today. For genealogy and family research, the names, institutions, and timelines provide footholds in nineteenth century Bristol. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A cornerstone for british local historians, and a satisfying, complete Bristol city history for any shelf that values the texture of real places across generations, still.

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