Scouse Republic - David Swift

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Résumé :

'Liverpool beguiles, Liverpool bewilders. Swift's superb analysis gets to the scarred heart of this troubled, beautiful and spirited city' Paul Du Noyer

'[Swift] has a terrific eye for the telling detail . . . You should read this book' Guardian

'Fascinating, funny and full of great stories - just like the city itself' Alywn Turner

'Deftly blends a sweeping, multi-century history of the city's rising and fading fortunes with the cultural vignettes of Beatlemania and Merseybeat, the figure of the scally and Liverpool's birds, and the emergence of football casual culture which began on Anfield and Goodison Park's terraces' New Statesman

'Skilfully evokes the bright, raucous, lively, noisy city' Who Do You Think You Are?

'Spiky' Unheard

'Written with the secure touch of a native Scouser looking out over the River Mersey. His extensive scholarship is lightened with quotes from people he has interviewed, personal anecdotes and wry asides' Literary Review

Liverpool is a unique city within the United Kingdom...

Biographie:
its dialect, hedonism, friendliness, rejection of 'Englishness' and, most pertinently, its politics, all make for a rich cultural landscape. Yet, many of the things that make Liverpool the city it is today were not always at the fore. Furthermore, the complexity of the city, and an investigation into all aspects of its past, has not been readily available - until now.

In Scouse Republic, David Swift expertly tracks the city's transformation from a humble village to a central component of the transatlantic slave trade and one of the most important ports in the world...

Sommaire:

'Liverpool beguiles, Liverpool bewilders. Swift's superb analysis gets to the scarred heart of this troubled, beautiful and spirited city' Paul Du Noyer

'[Swift] has a terrific eye for the telling detail . . . You should read this book' Guardian

'Fascinating, funny and full of great stories - just like the city itself' Alywn Turner

'Deftly blends a sweeping, multi-century history of the city's rising and fading fortunes with the cultural vignettes of Beatlemania and Merseybeat, the figure of the scally and Liverpool's birds, and the emergence of football casual culture which began on Anfield and Goodison Park's terraces' New Statesman

'Skilfully evokes the bright, raucous, lively, noisy city' Who Do You Think You Are?

'Spiky' Unheard

'Written with the secure touch of a native Scouser looking out over the River Mersey. His extensive scholarship is lightened with quotes from people he has interviewed, personal anecdotes and wry asides' Literary Review

Liverpool is a unique city within the United Kingdom...