{"title":"Sam Wetherell","description":"\u003cp\u003eSam Wetherell delves into the rich tapestry of history with a particular focus on significant cities and their roles in broader historical and military contexts. Readers can expect detailed explorations that combine thorough research with engaging narrative, bringing past events vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWetherell’s works highlight the intersection of local history and wider military developments, offering perspectives that illuminate how places like Liverpool have shaped and been shaped by historical forces. These books are ideal for those who appreciate a thoughtful and well-crafted approach to history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"liverpool-by-sam-wetherell-9781035927661","title":"Liverpool","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFew cities in the world are as famous as Liverpool, the home of the modern world’s most celebrated rock group and of a legendary football team.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe city is equally notorious for its poverty, its ethnic and racial divides and, above all, its decline. For Liverpool was once a major port, growing rich on slavery, on trade with the Americas and the British Empire’s outposts in Africa and Asia. In the 1980s, it was described as ‘obsolete’. Yet the city fights on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the epic history of \u003cem\u003eLiverpool\u003c\/em\u003e since the Second World War. It is a story of vast docklands shrinking and eventually vanishing when corporations discovered they could shift goods in containers and dispense with human workers, of industries like car manufacturing mushrooming and disappearing, of huge new suburbs being built and neglected. It is a moving and horrifying narrative of casual racism – Chinese sailors deported en masse in the aftermath of the war, systematic discrimination against the city’s Black population – and of resistance, culminating in the Toxteth riots in 1981. It is the story of a city fighting against a descent into obsolescence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiverpool\u003c\/em\u003e also becomes a prism through which recent British history is brought into a new focus. It is the fascinating history of a single, iconic city. But it is also a warning of what the future may hold for many more communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48334284390636,"sku":"9781035927661","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035927661-liverpool-1.jpg?v=1788914568"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/sam-wetherell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}