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Author: Malcolm Dick (Arts Building, University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)) ,
Caroline Archer-Parre (Faculty of Art, Design & Media, Birmingham City University (United Kingdom))
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9781789620825
ISBN 10: 1789620821
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 28 January 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Reviews 'High quality chapters, convincingly argued and clearly written, offering new insights into Watt's life and work.' Professor Christine MacLeod, University of Bristol 'Two pivotal chapters demonstrate the close and strategic attention that Watt paid to his extensive correspondence.' Christine MacLeod, Midland History 'Distinguished investigators and newer researchers together illustrate the state of the field concerning James Watt. Interesting and definitive... this book [is] indispensable for buff and researcher alike.' Barbara Hahn, English Historical Review 'This book [is] indispensable for buff and researcher alike.' Barbara Hahn, English Historical Review
Reviews 'High quality chapters, convincingly argued and clearly written, offering new insights into Watt's life and work..' Professor Christine MacLeod, University of Bristol
'Two pivotal chapters demonstrate the close and strategic attention that Watt paid to his extensive correspondence.' Christine MacLeod, Midland History Reviews 'High quality chapters, convincingly argued and clearly written, offering new insights into Watt's life and work.' Professor Christine MacLeod, University of Bristol
Author Information
Malcolm Dick is Director of the Centre for West Midlands History at the University of Birmingham. He directed two history projects in Birmingham between 2000 and 2004: the Millennibrum Project, which created a multi-media archive of post-1945 Birmingham history and Revolutionary Players which produced an online resource of the history of the West Midlands region. Malcolm has published books on Joseph Priestley, Matthew Boulton and the history of Birmingham and co-directs the Centre for Printing History & Culture. Caroline Archer-Parré is Professor of Typography at Birmingham City University, Director of the Centre for Printing History & Culture and Chairman of the Baskerville Society. She is the author of The Kynoch Press, 1876-1982: the anatomy of a printing house, (British Library, 2000); Paris Underground (MBP, 2004); and Tart cards: London’s illicit advertising art (MBP, 2003). Caroline is currently Co-investigator on the AHRC-funded project, ‘Letterpress Printing: past, present, future’.
