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Birmingham: The Workshop of the World
Carl Chinn
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Description for Birmingham: The Workshop of the World
Paperback. This new, factually rich and visually stunning publication is the first major history of Birmingham for more than four decades. Editor(s): Dick, Malcolm; Chinn, Carl. Num Pages: 344 pages, 210 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 261 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Birmingham is a city with an extraordinarily diverse achievement in fields as varied as science, industry, politics, education, medicine, printing and the arts. Labels such as the ‘first industrial city’, ‘city of a thousand trades’, ‘the best-governed city in the world’ and ‘the youngest city in Europe’ have been applied to the town. This new publication, the first major history of Birmingham since the 1970s, is published to commemorate the 850th anniversary of Birmingham’s market charter in 1166, an event which marked the first step in the rise of Birmingham as a commercial and industrial powerhouse. Authored by scholars, but ... Read more
Birmingham is a city with an extraordinarily diverse achievement in fields as varied as science, industry, politics, education, medicine, printing and the arts. Labels such as the ‘first industrial city’, ‘city of a thousand trades’, ‘the best-governed city in the world’ and ‘the youngest city in Europe’ have been applied to the town. This new publication, the first major history of Birmingham since the 1970s, is published to commemorate the 850th anniversary of Birmingham’s market charter in 1166, an event which marked the first step in the rise of Birmingham as a commercial and industrial powerhouse. Authored by scholars, but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1260g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781382479
SKU
V9781781382479
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Ref
99-50
About Carl Chinn
Carl Chinn is Professor of Community History at the University of Birmingham and history advisor for the schools of Perry Beeches The Academy. He is a social historian with a national profile, columnist with the ‘Birmingham Mail’, public speaker, writer, and charity fundraiser. Professor Chinn is the author of 31 books that include studies of working-class housing, urban working-class life, ... Read more
Reviews for Birmingham: The Workshop of the World
Reviews 'This is an attractively produced book, resplendent with colour and monochrome photographs, historical maps and explanatory figures, which is a welcome addition to those already available on historical aspects of the City....' Della Hooke, Transactions 'This is Chinn at his best, deeply engaged, passionate and reflective.' Stephen Roberts, The Local Historian 'The book’s more than two-hundred full-color illustrations reproducing ... Read more