Prof Alan Kidd

Research expertise

British social and cultural history since c1800; poverty and social welfare in the long 19th century; the history of the British middle classes; the history of 'local history’; the history of Manchester.

Publications

• Books (authored/edited/special issues)

  A. Kidd, M. Tebbutt (2017). People, places and identities: Themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s. MJ. Tebbutt. Manchester University Press.

• Journal articles

  P. Maw, T. Wyke, A. Kidd (2012). Canals, rivers, and the industrial city: Manchester's industrial waterfront, 1790–1850¹. The Economic History Review. 65(4), pp.1495-1523.

  P. Maw (2009). Water Transport in the Industrial Age. The Journal of Transport History. 30(2), pp.200-228.

  P. Maw, T. Wyke, A. Kidd (2009). Warehouses, Wharves and Transport Infrastructure in Manchester During the Industrial Revolution: The Rochdale Canal Company's Piccadilly Basin, 1792–1856. Industrial Archaeology Review. 31(1), pp.20-33.

• Chapters in books

  A. Kidd (2017). Local history enthusiasts: English county historical societies since the nineteenth century. In: People, places and identities: Themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s. pp.39-62.

Expert reviewer for journals and publishers

I have published book reviews in the following journals: Albion (USA), American Historical Review (USA), Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Labour History, Economic History Review, English Historical Review, Histoire Sociale/Social History (Canada), History, Journal of British Studies (USA), Journal of Urban History (USA), Journal of Victorian Culture, Labour History Review, London Journal, Manchester Region History Review, Midland History, Pedagogica Historica (Netherlands), Social History, Social History of Medicine, Victorian Review (Canada), Victorian Studies (USA)

I have reviewed book manuscripts for numerous academic publishers and written several peer review reports on research proposals for the AHRC and the ESRC.

Grants

Major research awards include ‘Manchester and the Canal Age c1790-1850’ a three-year project on the transport infrastructure of the first industrial city funded by English Heritage, 2007-10. Research co-ordinators: Alan Kidd, Terry Wyke, Research Associate: Dr Peter Maw.

Editorial board membership

Co-founder and Editor Manchester Region History Review ISSN 0952-4320, 1987-1996; Editorial Advisory Board, 1997-Present