A-Z of Birmingham: Places-People-History

by Andrew Homer

Birmingham - Britain's second largest city - lies in the heart of the country. Nicknamed the 'city of a thousand trades', it became the workshop of England in the Industrial Revolution and, as the centre of the Enlightenment in the Midlands, was a hotbed of scientific thinking and technological innovation. The Lunar Society, including luminaries such as Erasmus Darwin and James Watt, met regularly at industrialist Matthew Boulton's Soho House. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144569736X
• ISBN13: 9781445697369
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"