In This Book John Walton Sets The Myths Against The Evidence And Charts The Rise Of The Real Blackpool, Warts And All, With Due Attention To The Social Problems And Conflicts Associated With A Pioneering, Popular Resort. He Offers Explanations For The Remarkable Trajectory Of Sustained Growth Which Blackpool Has Experienced Until Recently, Giving Full Weight To The Years Since The First World War As Well As The Formative And Transitional Late Victorian And Edwardian Decades. He Also Looks At The Wider Significance Of The Growth Of Blackpool For Economy, Society And Politics In The Wider World.--book Jacket. 1. The Fascination Of Blackpool -- 2. Blackpool Before The Railway -- 3. Blackpool In The Early Railway Age, 1840-1870 -- 4. The Making Of Working-class Blackpool, 1870-1914 -- 5. War, Conflict And Renewal: Blackpool From 1914 To 1939 -- 6. War, Prosperity And Crisis: The Remaking Of Blackpool, 1939-1997 -- 7. Blackpool In Perspective. John K. Walton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 176-190) And Indexes.

John K. Walton

Carnegie Pub., Edinburgh University Press

Keele University Press

Ryburn Publishing

Town and city histories, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Scotland, 1998

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Town and city histories, Keele, 1998

0, FR, 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-190) and indexes.

The world's first and biggest working-class seaside resort has generated myths, tall stories, stereotypes and novelties for over a century. Walton looks at the myths against the evidence and tells the story of the real Blackpool, warts and all.

Blackpool was the world's first and biggest working class seaside resort. As such, it has been a powerful generator of myths, tall stories, stereotypes, and novelties for over a century. This book sets the myths against the evidence.

ix, 195 p. : 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-190) and indexes

2023-06-28