Professor Alan Kidd

Emeritus Professor

My profile

Biography

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

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.

Editorial Board membership

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

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Research outputs

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.

  • Books (authored/edited/special issues)

    Tebbutt, M., Kidd, A. (2016) People, Places and Identities: Themes in British Social and Cultural History, 1700s-1980s. Manchester University Press.

  • Chapters in books

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

  • Journal articles

    Maw, P., Wyke, T., Kidd, A. (2012) 'Canals, rivers, and the industrial city: Manchester's industrial waterfront, 1790-1850.' Economic History Review, 65(4) pp. 1495-1523.

    Maw, P., Wyke, T., Kidd, A. (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.

    Maw, P., Wyke, T., Kidd, A. (2009) 'Water transport in the industrial age: Commodities and carriers on the Rochdale Canal, 1804-1855.' Journal of Transport History, 30(2) pp. 200-228.