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Is it absurd to compare the Mersey with the Nile or Stockport Viaduct
with the Pyramids of Giza? Perhaps it is. Yet the pyramids are the remains of a dead civilisation which became a historical backwater. The industrial civilisation which started on the Mersey's banks changed the world physically, culturally and musically - and in India and China is still doing so today.
This illuminating and richly illustrated book explores these connections
through a series of specially commissioned essays from writers, journalists, and experts in fields as diverse as archaeology, history, music, wildlife, and architecture.
The book explains how the small town of Warrington helped produce the
ideas which shaped the industrial revolution. Looking beyond the obvious, it explores the Mersey's connections with the rise of rock music, and explains why the estuary is now a nature conservation resource of international importance. It introduces the politics and people who have led more than two decades of a great river clean up campaign which is still underway. And it looks ahead to a fast reviving river, with new opportunities for maritime trade, regeneration and ecological rebirth, alongside a built heritage of national and world importance.
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