Lancashire: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Pascal, Blaise Wilhelm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330921240 ISBN 13: 9781330921241

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Discover how Lancashire helped shape Britain’s industry, culture, and natural world.

This concise history surveys the county’s rise as a center of shipping, manufacture, science, and daily life. It sketches the people, inventions, and landscapes that connected Lancashire to the wider world.

From early steam and canal milestones to the growth of cotton, calico printing, and related arts, the book highlights the county’s many contributions. It also explores the dialect, literature, libraries, gardens, and parks that reflect a rich regional identity. Readers will gain a broad picture of how industry and culture intertwined with nature across towns, mills, and countryside.

• Key industrial eras and turning points that propelled Lancashire forward
• Innovators, researchers, and builders who shaped science and technology
• Local culture, language, literature, and public life in the towns and countryside
• Natural history topics, including birds, fossils, and regional landscapes

Ideal for readers curious about regional history, industrial heritage, and the connections between people, place, and progress in nineteenth-century Britain.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330921240
• ISBN 13: 9781330921241
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 372
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