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Revival of a City

Author : Jason Begley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030228223
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Revival of a City written by Jason Begley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2021 Coventry celebrates being the national City of Culture. Modern Coventry is a product of successive rounds of industrial, economic and social developments driven by regional, national and global forces. This book presents a timely opportunity to reflect on this rich, and often misunderstood, history. The book examines the development of industry, services, infrastructure and social transformation, and the role which globalising forces have played in influencing these, particularly since the 1950s. It looks at the experiences of the city of Coventry in responding to the challenges of socioeconomic change, technological advances, reconstruction and renewal. Issues of investment, economic decline, reconstruction, employment change and local and national governance are all considered in assessing the story of modern Coventry, a city influenced by new industries and development opportunities while still being shaped by its historical economic challenges. By focusing on the case of Coventry this book contributes to debates surrounding urban structural change, economic diversification and resilience from the perspective of a medium-sized city.

Coventry: A Novel

Author : Helen Humphreys
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039307353X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Coventry: A Novel written by Helen Humphreys and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Elegant . . . illuminates the impact of war on ordinary people . . . an elegy and a celebration.”—Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle On the evening of November 14, 1940, Harriet Marsh stands on the roof of the historic Coventry cathedral and marvels at the frost glittering beneath a full moon. But it is a bomber’s moon, and the Luftwaffe is coming to unleash destruction on the city. For Harriet; for the young fire watcher, Jeremy, standing beside her; and for his artist mother, Maeve, hiding in a cellar, this single night of horror will resonate for the rest of their lives. Coventry is a testament to the power of the human spirit, an honest and ultimately uplifting account of heartache transformed into compassion and love.

The Blitzed City

Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher : Aurum Press
ISBN 13 : 9781781313268
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Blitzed City written by Karen Farrington and published by Aurum Press. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during the Second World War. Seen as a centre of British armaments production, the German high command wished to inflict terror and panic on the British public, a plan that had paid dividends during their relentless conquest of France that year. Attacking over two nights in November, 1940 they systematically bombed and destroyed the bulk of the city, making thousands homeless, and killing over 400 men, women and children. Such was the devastation, panic and disorder it wrought, that Winston Churchill ordered a news blackout for three weeks in order to quell the unease and morale-sapping effect that the raid had. But people at the time acted with great bravery to save those trapped in bombed out and burning buildings, as well as caring for those badly injured (of which there were thousands), and fighting the Nazi planes coming in to attack the city itself. Now, for the very first time we interview those veterans who survived the raid and helped fight the flames and bombs to tell the story of this iconic event. Such was the effect it had on the country that when Bomber Command began night time raids against German cities — Hamburg, Cologne and most famously, Dresden — the call 'Remember Coventry!' went up.

Coventry

Author : Rachel Cusk
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374717435
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Coventry written by Rachel Cusk and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NPR's Favorite Books of 2019 Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three “literary masterpieces” (The Washington Post) whose narrator, Faye, perceives the world with a glinting, unsparing intelligence while remaining opaque to the reader. Lauded for the precision of her prose and the quality of her insight, Cusk is a writer of uncommon brilliance. Now, in Coventry, she gathers a selection of her nonfiction writings that both offers new insights on the themes at the heart of her fiction and forges a startling critical voice on some of our most urgent personal, social, and artistic questions. Coventry encompasses memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about literature, with pieces on family life, gender, and politics, and on D. H. Lawrence, Françoise Sagan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Named for an essay Cusk published in Granta (“Every so often, for offences actual or hypothetical, my mother and father stop speaking to me. There’s a funny phrase for this phenomenon in England: it’s called being sent to Coventry”), this collection is pure Cusk and essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, and dazzling to behold.

A Coventry Christmas

Author : Becky Cochrane
Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 9780821780428
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book A Coventry Christmas written by Becky Cochrane and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escaping to Coventry, Texas, for the holidays, Keelie is in for a Christmas that's as unpredictable as it is merry. When the local vet starts making house calls to check on Keelie's under-the-weather hamster, Keelie wonders if this Christmas might bring what she's always wanted: true love. Original.

Connecticut 169 Club:

Author : Martin Podskoch
Publisher : Podskoch Press
ISBN 13 : 9780997101928
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Connecticut 169 Club: written by Martin Podskoch and published by Podskoch Press. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Parliamentary Representation of the City of Coventry

Author : T. W. Whitley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Parliamentary Representation of the City of Coventry written by T. W. Whitley and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coventry

Author : Raymond A. Wolf
Publisher : Images of America
ISBN 13 : 9781467120456
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Coventry written by Raymond A. Wolf and published by Images of America. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photographic history tells the story of Coventry, a bucolic New England town with a fascinating history. On August 21, 1741, the area west of what is now the town of West Warwick was incorporated into the Township of Coventry. The railroad would traverse Coventry in the mid-1800s, providing the gristmills, sawmills, and farmers with a quicker way to send their goods to market and to receive supplies in return. Along with the railroad came the industry of harvesting wood to supply the locomotives with fuel. In the mid-1900s, the railroads disappeared and the mills began moving south where cotton was grown. The majority of Coventry has evolved into a service town with banks, retail stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, and the like. To travel to the western portion of Coventry today is like stepping back in time, where life moves at a slower pace and the post office is still in the local general store. The eastern portion of Washington, Quidnick, and Anthony has remained a busy area where businesses have replaced the mills.

Coventry's Bicycle Heritage

Author : Damien Kimberley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750951680
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Coventry's Bicycle Heritage written by Damien Kimberley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coventry has a remarkable bicycle manufacturing heritage. From the first velocipedes built in 1868, the city went on to become the home of the British Cycle Industry, and at one time produced the greatest output of cycles in the world – with well in excess of 350 individual cycle manufacturers over a 100 year period.The Coventry Machinists’ Company were the first in Britain to mass produce cycles, and steadily, more and more companies were established in the city. Soon Coventry became internationally recognised as being a place where only the very best machines were made, and the name ‘Coventry’ itself became a stamp of quality engineering and fine craftsmanship.Richly illustrated with 100 outstanding photographs from The Coventry Transport Museum, many previously unpublished, this is the first book of its kind to cover the history of Coventry bicycle manufacture and the men who built them. From Dunlop, Hobart, Singer, Premier, Rover, and Triumph to other less well known local companies, their legacies are still enjoyed by cyclists today.

Coventry

Author : Frederick Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632861984
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book Coventry written by Frederick Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Luftwaffe's air raid on Coventry, England on the night of November 14, 1940 represented a new kind of air warfare. Aimed primarily at obliterating all aspects of city life, it was systematic, thorough, unconnected to any immediate military goal, and indifferent to civilian casualties. In a single night, roughly two-thirds of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed as the bombers laid waste to legitimate industrial targets and civilian structures alike. The old St. Michael's Cathedral, a 14th century Gothic structure that burned to the ground that night, still stands in ruins today as a testament to the city's destruction during the raid. Pragmatic British government propagandists would exploit Coventry's perceived status as a "historic town," playing down the city's industrial reputation. This would prove to be a powerful tool, and, as Frederick Taylor shows, was instrumental in tipping public opinion in the then-neutral United States away from isolationism and in favor of help for Britain. But the bombing would also set a dangerous and destructive precedent as Allied air forces would study the Germans' methods in the attack and ultimately employ similar tactics in their equally ruthless and destructive attacks on German cities, eventually leading to the bombing of Hamburg in 1943 and Dresden in 1945 that killed hundreds of thousands, mostly civilians. On the 75th anniversary of the Coventry bombing, acclaimed historian Frederick Taylor brilliantly narrates this momentous act and analyzes its impact on World War II and the moral quandaries it still engenders about the nature of warfare.

Attached to Coventry City

Author : James Adams
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1801500347
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Attached to Coventry City written by James Adams and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why would a normal teenager throw his heart and soul into an average Third Division football club for almost a decade, only to walk away from them at the height of their success? After abandoning that club for 20 years, what would cause him to rekindle his passion in a conversion-like experience, and then stick with the club for the rest of his life? The answers lie in the psychology of attachment. This is the story of James Adams and his support of Coventry City, from the days of Billy Frith to Mark Robins. It's an account that delves into the crucial yet poorly understood psychological aspects of football fandom to uncover truths that every football fan can relate to. Join James on a rollercoaster ride as he asks important questions of himself and his life alongside a backdrop of footballing highs and lows, including three Wembley victories and four promotions, as well as FA Cup debacles for the Sky Blues. Attached to Coventry City is a highly personal, honest and reflective account of the unusual story of a lifelong football fan.

STORY OF COVENTRY

Author : MARY DORMER. HARRIS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033727348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book STORY OF COVENTRY written by MARY DORMER. HARRIS and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coventry

Author : Reginald W. Ingram
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719008375
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Coventry written by Reginald W. Ingram and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act

Author : Sidney Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act written by Sidney Webb and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coventry City on This Day

Author : Steve Phelps
Publisher : On This Day
ISBN 13 : 9781905411887
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Coventry City on This Day written by Steve Phelps and published by On This Day. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coventry City On This Day chronicles, in diary form, the major events in the club's history. With individual entries for every day, and multiple listings for more historic and busier days, the book includes all the club's big matches, promotions, cup runs, significant events and sensational signings.

The Law Times Reports

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law Times Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of Coventry

Author : Peter Walters
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750956631
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Coventry written by Peter Walters and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Coventry traces the evolution of the city, from the myths of Godiva, through to the issues, challenges and opportunities facing it in the twenty-first century. Exploring Coventry's heritage through records, architectural developments and anecdotes, it reveals a fascinating and much misunderstood city, whose history is often overshadowed by its bombing during the Second World War. Peter Walters, well known for his numerous newspaper features and active role in local heritage, shows that there is a great deal more to the history of Coventry than first meets the eye. This beautifully illustrated text will delight both residents and visitors alike.