A Tale Of Two Cities

Preface Part I Past and contemporary contexts 1 RECOGNISING LOCAL DIFFERENCE IN NORTH OF ENGLAND CITIES: THE ‘STRUCTURE OF FEELING’ IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 2 DIRTY OLD TOWNS: THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORIES OF MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 3 ‘THIS RUDDY RECESSION’: POST-FORDISM IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD Part II Getting to work and getting about: a realist sociology of everyday life in the North 4 GOING TO WORK: THE DAILY STRUGGLE 5 SHOP ’TIL YOU DROP: THE ‘NICE SHOPS’ AND THE MARKETS IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD Part III It takes all folks: different publics in Manchester and Sheffield 6 ON OUR UPPERS: POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 7 ‘OUT ON THE TOWN’: MANCHESTER’S GAY VILLAGE 8 ‘WHITE CITY’: ETHNICITY AND RACIAL DIFFERENCE IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 9 MEN’S TOWNS: WOMEN’S ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 10 PENSIONED OFF: THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 11 THE URBAN OTHER: CHILDREN AND YOUNG MEN IN PUBLIC SPACE IN MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD 12 CONTESTED VISIONS OF THE CITY AND DIFFERENT LIFE PROJECTS IN THE DE[1]INDUSTRIALISED NORTH