Liverpool: The Hurricane Port
By Andrew Lees.
Description
A narrative nonfictional account of the unique city of Liverpool written by a flâneur rather than a historian, with special emphasis on the long-suppressed influence of black cultureScousers believe they live in a special place, one that has more in common with Salvador da Bahia, New Orleans, or Gdansk than anywhere in England, and the city has always punched above its weight. In less than 100 years, however, Liverpool's image has declined from a major mercantile player known as the Second City of the Empire to what some social commentators have described as a cultural ...
ISBN(s)
1780575483, 9781780575483
