Mapping Manchester - University of Manchester
Mapping Manchester - University of Manchester Mapping Manchester - University of Manchester
The moral city Maps have social power and have been employed to demonstrate civilising factors in urban life as well as the temptations and risks that go with living in the city. Victorian middle-class social reformers sought to address the wide disparities in living conditions across Manchester by mapping out what they thought were the more dystopic aspects of urban life. The threat of disease was charted, and solutions presented in the form of hard work and a cleaner, healthier, lifestyle. The workhouse and public baths were offered as possible solutions to the dangers, depravities and dirt of the city. 16
The moral city Temperance reformers in the late Victorian period argued for a causal connection between poverty and the distribution of places where the demon drink could be purchased. A ‘rash’ of outlets are seen to cluster in the poorer parts of Manchester on the Drink Map. A tension between the pleasures of drink and its opposition to an ethos of propriety and hard work is mapped out. Alcohol consumption continues to evoke strong emotions, currently in connection with the effects of binge drinking, and mapping illustrates it to be a significantly greater problem in some parts of the contemporary city. (Courtesy of the Manchester Geographical Society) 17
- Page 2 and 3: Mapping Manchester Cartographic Sto
- Page 4 and 5: About the exhibition The cartograph
- Page 6 and 7: The map makers The story of the peo
- Page 8 and 9: The car and the city The rapid expa
- Page 10 and 11: Public transport Most people in Man
- Page 12 and 13: City of industry Manchester is a ci
- Page 14 and 15: Wealth and poverty Manchester’s b
- Page 18 and 19: Mapping the future city Maps allow
- Page 20 and 21: Leisure and pleasure Organised leis
- Page 22 and 23: The hydraulic city The ways in whic
- Page 24 and 25: Bird’s eye views of the city Most
- Page 26 and 27: Mapping Manchester by cartographic
- Page 28 and 29: Mapping Manchester through time Car
- Page 30 and 31: Population map for Greater Manchest
- Page 32 and 33: Piccadilly Gardens model Model of P
- Page 34 and 35: Listing continued Brochure cover re
- Page 36 and 37: Listing continued City of Mancheste
- Page 38: Mapping Manchester Time Zone Map,19
The moral city<br />
Temperance reformers in the late Victorian period argued for a causal<br />
connection between poverty and the distribution <strong>of</strong> places where the demon<br />
drink could be purchased. A ‘rash’ <strong>of</strong> outlets are seen to cluster in the poorer<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> on the Drink Map. A tension between the pleasures <strong>of</strong><br />
drink and its opposition to an ethos <strong>of</strong> propriety and hard work is mapped<br />
out. Alcohol consumption continues to evoke strong emotions, currently in<br />
connection with the effects <strong>of</strong> binge drinking, and mapping illustrates it to<br />
be a significantly greater problem in some parts <strong>of</strong> the contemporary city.<br />
(Courtesy <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Manchester</strong> Geographical Society)<br />
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