The Simons of Manchester

This book revives the lives and public work of two generations of the Simon family who, over a period of more than a century (1860–1970), had a powerful influence in shaping modern Manchester. It uses a combination of collective biography and thematic essays to rehabilitate and reappraise their live...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1519222025-07-21T15:44:40Z The Simons of Manchester Ayshford, John Dodge, Martin Jones, H.S. Leitch, Diana Wolff, Janet biography German diaspora town planning education local government civic culture political history business history social reform philanthropy thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WQ Local and family history, nostalgia::WQH Local history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBM Biography: philosophy and social sciences thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950 thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WQ Local and family history, nostalgia::WQH Local history thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBM Biography: philosophy and social sciences thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950 This book revives the lives and public work of two generations of the Simon family who, over a period of more than a century (1860–1970), had a powerful influence in shaping modern Manchester. It uses a combination of collective biography and thematic essays to rehabilitate and reappraise their lives, and to consider their various individual and collective contributions to society, locally and nationally. As well as focusing on four key individuals (Henry and Emily, Ernest and Shena), the core aim of the book is to study the family as a cross-generational unit and thereby elucidate how their work was shaped a distinctive family ethos of public service. Central to forming this family ethos was the Simons’ German ancestry and their deep connection with Manchester’s German community. To contextualise this link, the studies of the Simon family in the book are foregrounded by an overview of Manchester’s nineteenth century German diaspora. 2025-02-17T00:08:51Z 2025-02-17T00:08:51Z 2025-02-12T11:21:02Z 2024 book ONIX_20250212_9781526176400_9 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98523 9781526176400 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/151922 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98523/1/9781526176400.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98523/1/9781526176400.pdf Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526176400 10.7765/9781526176400 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 University of Manchester a897f645-c917-4be8-a0db-e8b3f64cac47 9781526176400 328 Manchester [...] open access
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The Simons of Manchester
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title_full_unstemmed The Simons of Manchester
title_short The Simons of Manchester
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German diaspora
town planning
education
local government
civic culture
political history
business history
social reform
philanthropy
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German diaspora
town planning
education
local government
civic culture
political history
business history
social reform
philanthropy
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