Why do the lives and careers of Emile Pereire (1800â75) and his brother Isaac (1806â80) fascinate us? Certainly, their achievements as railway entrepreneurs and bankers were extraordinary, but the... READ MORE
Emile and Isaac Pereire
Why do the lives and careers of Emile Pereire (1800â75) and his brother Isaac (1806â80) fascinate us? Certainly, their achievements as railway entrepreneurs and bankers were extraordinary, but the... READ MORE
Manchester University Press is pleased to announce that it has acquired 58 forward titles from Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Earlier this year, Bloomsbury Academic took the decision to cease... READ MORE
   ***Author Professor Robert Savage is available for interviews in advance*** Friday, May 29th, 6pm Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin The BBCâs âIrish Troublesâ Television,... READ MORE
By Dianne Lawrence  The people over the road are moving out, the whole kit and caboodle: the chairs and beds, the IT paraphernalia, cat-basket, books, teleâ and lawn mower. In the year... READ MORE
    What can we learn from looking at England in 1820? On the one hand, a great deal, but having said that, our understanding of this period has been hobbled by habitual... READ MORE
  Debate about the teaching of history is never far away. The former Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has sought since 2010 to reshape the history curriculum in... READ MORE
The Wonder Women 2015 festival begins soon, and Manchester will play host to a really exciting range of cultural events. MUPâs list, meanwhile, is full of Wonder Women. Alongside backlist... READ MORE
With the upcoming publication of Britain’s lost revolution? author, Daniel Szechi, has written a blog post regarding the subject and the book.  Should Scotland be an independent... READ MORE
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS and THE FIRST WORLD WAR Introduction Manchester University Press continued to publish during the First World War, and some of its output was clearly directed towards... READ MORE
Congratulations to the editor, Charles Mollan, and the long list of contributors on the publication of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland They... READ MORE