Birmingham : bibliography of a city / edited by Carl Chinn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birmingham (England)--Bibliography.

Birmingham (England).

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : University of Birmingham Press, 2003.

Contents:

Birmingham in the Middle Ages / Christopher Dyer 1

The Historic Environment: Archaeological Sites and Historic Buildings / Peter Leather 15

Birmingham's Built Environment / Peter J. Larkham, Dick Pratt, T.R. Slater 44

The Protestant Churches / Clive D. Field 78

Roman Catholics in Birmingham from 1558 to the Present Day / Marie Rowlands 111

Introduction to Birmingham Women's History / Fiona Terry-Chandler 126

Local Government / Roger Ward 146

The Economic History of Birmingham / John B. Smith 157

Schooling and Education in Birmingham / Ian D. Grosvenor, Ruth E. Watts 181

Work and Employment In Birmingham / Katherine Jenns 200

War / J.M. Bourne 223

The Impact of Birmingham on Britain and the Wider World 1830-1940 / Peter Marsh 241

The People of Birmingham / Carl Chinn MBE 247

Appendix I Manuscript Sources for the History of Birmingham in the City Archives / Nicholas Kingsley 274

Appendix II The Birmingham Collection: An Introduction / Patrick Baird 294

Appendix III The Heslop Room at the University of Birmingham / Christine Penney 306

Appendix IV Collecting the Past: Birmingham's History Reflected in the Collections of Birmingham Museums Service / Victoria Emmanuel 314.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1902459245

OCLC:

47940209