The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands by Ale

Description: The North Will Rise Again by Alex Niven Niven examines in depth an area of the country at the very forefront of current debates around identity, inequality and industry. A region with its own powerful sense of individuality – and its fair share of problems – the North, he argues, demands to be taken seriously. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Incorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North." Madeleine Bunting, author of Labours of Love: the Crisis of CareAn in-depth exploration of the importance of the North of England in the modern era.The North Will Rise Again covers the colourful adventures of its inhabitants, the expansiveness and optimism that defines Northern culture, and the recurrent sense of failure and despair that is at the heart of one of the Wests most impoverished regions.By telling the story of the North in the last few decades, Alex goes in search of answers to some of the big questions at the forefront of British politics and society today, touching on live issues including the North/South divide, austerity, the impact of Brexit, the collapse of Labours Red Wall, and calls for regional devolution. He concludes with a powerful argument for a revival of northern politics and society by way of what he calls radical regionalism.A native Northerner himself, having returned to his home city of Newcastle with his family in the last few years, Alex also includes elements of memoir and stories from his own family history to reflect some of the key arguments of his book.To what extent are the crises of the last ten years partly the result of fundamental divides and inequalities in the geography of England? How did the North become a place of lost potential and broken dreams? And what can be done to make it one of the most dynamic and forward-looking places in the world once again? Niven considers all these questions and more in this lively and highly topical book. Author Biography Alex Niven lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Tribune and New Statesman, and has also contributed to publications including the New York Times, the Independent, Pitchfork, The Face and VICE. As well as Folk Opposition (Zero, 2011), he is the author of an instalment in Bloomsburys 33 1/3 series (on Definitely Maybe by Oasis, 2014) and New Model Island (Repeater, 2019), a critically acclaimed memoir of Englishness and regional identity. Currently Lecturer in English Literature at Newcastle University, he helped to start the radical publisher Repeater Books in 2014. Review A great book. -- Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater ManchesterIncorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North. -- Madeleine Bunting, author of Labours of Love: the Crisis of CareAlex Nivens elegant, heartfelt book is the best I have read about the Norths subordination by the South in modern England, and about how visionary northern culture of all kinds has defied that imbalance. -- Andy Beckett, Guardian journalistAlex Niven reveals the north of England in all its variety, potential and vitality. One Nation Under a Groove in book form. -- Lynsey Hanley, author of Respectable: Crossing the Class DivideA bold, compelling attempt to imagine a new future for Englands industrial north by looking at its cultural and progressive past. -- John McTernan * Financial Times *The North Will Rise Again is thought-provoking, evocative, tenderly appreciative and optimistic. -- Katherine Backler * The Tablet *The history of the North of England is one of astonishing visions, great attempts to realise true progress, and painful deferrals of these dreams, so argues Alex Niven, who constructs this argument incisively, elegantly and movingly in The North Will Rise Again. Nivens intervention is a timely one. At a moment where appeals to an insurgent, anti-establishment Northern identity are galvanised by the right and neglected by the left, never before has it been more urgent to revive the modernist, utopian dreams of those who made the region what it is. -- Fergal Kinney, Tribune[Niven] sees the north as craggy cradle of tradition but also crucible of modernity, from T Dan Smiths doomed architectural dreams of Newcastle as "the Brasilia of the north" to the experimental poetry of the 1960s centred around the Morden Tower poets … Niven is good on the melancholic, bitter-sweet descant of failure detectable in Victoria Wood, Phoenix Nights, Morrissey and others – the sad, plangent bottom note audible beneath the raucous swagger. -- Stuart Maconie, New StatesmanA fascinating, expansive book, which takes in civic architecture, modernist poetry, postmodern art, independent filmmaking, and popular music, from the queer futurism of Frankie Goes to Hollywood to the utopian aspirations of Factory Records. -- James Greig, DazedA lively cultural and political history of the lands between the Tweed and the Mersey–Humber line … Niven skilfully connects Wyndham Lewiss northwards-looking BLAST magazine and the Vorticists love of concrete and machinery with Yevgeny Zamyatins inspiration in the "grand mechanised ballet" of Tyneside shipyards, Aldous Huxleys formative visit to the Imperial Chemical Industriess huge plant in Billingham (which "opened the doors of his perception") and on to the influence of industrial Teesside on the aesthetics of Ridley Scotts Blade Runner. -- Dan Jackson, Prospect Promotional Niven examines in depth an area of the country at the very forefront of current debates around identity, inequality and industry. A region with its own powerful sense of individuality – and its fair share of problems – the North, he argues, demands to be taken seriously. Review Quote Incorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North. Promotional "Headline" In The North Will Rise Again Alex Niven examines an area of the country at the very forefront of current debates around identity, inequality and industry. A region of Britain with its own powerful sense of individuality - and its fair share of problems - he argues that the North demands to be taken seriously and sets out to explore it in depth. Feature A book of the moment adding to the debate about the future of the North and the North/South divide, a conversation that has grown from a whisper to a roar over the past ten years. The recent clashes between Northern officials like Andy Burnham (Mayor of Manchester) and the government in Westminster over the tier system are just the latest eruption, not to mention the troubles with Brexit, Northern inequality and industrial decline. Details ISBN1472993462 Year 2023 ISBN-10 1472993462 ISBN-13 9781472993465 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-02-02 UK Release Date 2023-02-02 Imprint Bloomsbury Continuum Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-02-02 Author Alex Niven Subtitle In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands Pages 336 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DEWEY 942.7 Illustrations Black and white photographs throughout. Audience General AU Release Date 2023-05-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:143607117;

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