Copyright

Tom Saunders;

Published On

2025-08-15

Page Range

pp. 1–14

Language

  • English

Print Length

14 pages

Introduction

  • Tom Saunders (author)
Chapter of: City of Capital and Labour: The Making and Transformation of Industrial Manchester (pp. 1–14)

This provides an overview of the objectives of the book, outlining the theoretical approach and methodology adopted, including a short summary of the contents of the five chapters. In particular it introduces the contextual approach to the study of the built environment and the concept of ‘living archaeology’ (the material past that remains active in the present).

Contributors

Tom Saunders

(author)
Associate Lecturer at Open University

Dr Tom Saunders is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, and lives in Levenshulme in Manchester.