Peter M. Jones is professor of French history at the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

. He is a specialist in the French Revolution, rural France, science and technology in the 18th century, and the

history of Birmingham Birmingham has seen 1400 years of growth, during which time it has evolved from a small 7th century Anglo Saxon hamlet on the edge of the Forest of Arden at the fringe of the early Mercia into a major city. A combination of immigration, innovati ...

and the West Midlands in the 18th century.Professor Peter Jones.
University of Birmingham. Retrieved 16 June 2015. Jones earned his BA at the

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(1967–70) and his DPhil at the

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(

Balliol College Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and ar ...

) (1970–73) under

Richard Cobb Richard Charles Cobb (20 May 1917 – 15 January 1996) was a British historian and essayist, and professor at the University of Oxford. He was the author of numerous influential works about the history of France, particularly the French ...

. He did research in France as a ''boursier'' of the French government at the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail (1971–72). Jones is a member of the editorial boards of ''French History'' and ''

Annales du Midi Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

'', and sits on the management committees of ''The Archives of Soho'' and ''Revolutionaryplayers''. He is a jury member for the ''Prix Baluze'' (European local history).

Selected publications

*''Reform and Revolution in France: the Politics of Transition''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. *''The French Revolution in Social and Political Perspective''. E. Arnold, London, 1996. *"Living the Enlightenment and the French Revolution: James Watt, Matthew Boulton and their Sons", ''

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'', 42 (1999), 157–182. *''Liberty and Locality in Revolutionary France, 1760-1820: Six Villages Compared, 1760-1820''.

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, Cambridge, 2003. *"Industrial Enlightenment in Practice: Visitors to the Soho Manufactory, 1765-1820", ''

Midland History ''Midland History'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the history of the Midlands region of England. It was established in 1971 and is published by Taylor & Francis for the University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informa ...

'', 33 (2008), 68–96. *''The French Revolution, 1787-1804''. Longman, London, 2003 (

Seminar Studies in History Seminar Studies in History is a book series for undergraduate and younger students that aims to bridge the gap between the monograph and the full size university textbook. The series was established in 1968 by history teacher Patrick Richardson, a ...

) (2nd edn. 2009; 3rd edn. 2016; 4th edn. 2021). *''Industrial Enlightenment: Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820''.

Manchester University Press Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England, and a publisher of academic books and journals. Manchester University Press has developed into an international publisher. It maintains its links with t ...

, Manchester, 2009.

References

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