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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.
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Keywords
- Biography
- business history
- civic culture
- Education
- German diaspora
- Local government
- Philanthropy
- political history
- Social reform
- 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::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBM Biography: philosophy and social sciences
- thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WQ Local and family history, nostalgia::WQH Local history
- town planning
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DOI: 10.7765/9781526176400Editions