DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT FINDINGS
Papers given to academic audiences:
1. 'Family and business in north-west England, 1760-1820', Conference on Modern British History 2008, University of Strathclyde, 24-25 June 2008
2. 'Manchester men: masculinity amongst the lower-middling and artisanal classes during the long eighteenth century', Plenary lecture, 'Men's Dilemma? Sources and methodologies in the history of masculinity' conference, University of Exeter, 22-23 July 2008
3. 'Living above the shop: small family businesses in Lancashire, 1760-1820', 'Talk about the north' lecture series, Institute of Northern Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University, 12 November 2008
4. 'Living above the shop: small family businesses in Lancashire, 1760-1820', Urban History seminar, University of Leicester, 12 December 2008
5. 'Business, gender and law', Northern Business History Group workshop on 'The market: culture and rules in historical perspective', University of Manchester, 21 January 2009
6. 'Living Above the Shop: home and work in the North West, 1760-1820', Symposium on 'Home and Work, from the sixteenth century to the present day', organized by the Subject Specialist Network, Histories of Home, funded by the Museums and Libraries Association , Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, 21 March 2009
7. 'Living over the Shop: business and home in north-west England, 1780-1820', Social History Society Conference, University of Warwick, 3 April 2009
8. 'Inheritance strategies amongst small business families in Liverpool and Manchester, 1760-1820', Economic History Society Conference, University of Warwick, 4 April 2009
9. 'Home, family and household: the small business family in north-west England, 1760-1820', History of families and households conference, Institute of Historical Research, London, 24-6 June 2010
10. 'Inheritance and continuity in small family businesses during the early industrial revolution', Business History seminar, London School of Economics, 21 February 2011
Talks to local and family history groups:
11. 'Living above the shop: small family businesses in Lancashire, 1760-1820', Salford Local History Society, 24 September 2008
12. 'Wills and other probate material in the Lancashire Record Office', Day conference on wills at the Lancashire Record Office, jointly organised with Anna Watson of the LRO, Preston, 14 March 2009
13. 'Living over the shop: home and business in Liverpool, 1760-1820', Liverpool History Society, 20 September 2009
14. 'The north-west family business project and family history', Pendle & Burnley Branch Lancashire Family History Society, Colne, 17 February 2010
15. 'The north-west family business project and family history', St. Helen's Family History Society, St Helen's 25 February 2010
16. 'At home with the lower middle classes: home, business and household in north-west England, 1760-1820', Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Liverpool Central Library, 28 February 2010
17. 'The north-west family business project and family history', Rochdale Family History Society, Rochdale, 27 October 2010
18. 'The north-west family business project and family history', Blackburn and Darwen Family History Society, Ewood, 4 November 2010
19. 'The north-west family business project and family history', Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society Annual Conference, St. Cuthbert's Church Centre, Preston, 22 May 2010
20. 'The art of rising in the world: boom and bust for small businessmen and women in north-west England, 1760-1820', Manchester Historical Association, Cathedral Visitors' Centre, Manchester, 12 March 2011
21. 'At home with the lower middle classes: home, business and household in north-west England, 1760-1820', Liverpool Women Graduates' Group, Liverpool, 26 March 2011
22. 'The north-west family business project and family history', Liverpool and South West Lancashire Family History Society, Liverpool, 12 April 2011
23. 'The north-west family business project and family history', Manchester Local and Family History Society, 11 May 2011
Academic publications:
24. Hannah Barker and Jane Hamlett, 'Living above the shop: home, business and family in the English Industrial Revolution', Journal of Family History, 35 (2010), 311-328
25. Hannah Barker and Mina Ishizu, 'Inheritance and continuity in small family businesses during the early industrial revolution', forthcoming.
Popular history publications:
26. 'The rise and fall of a Liverpool biscuit baker: John Coleman (1743-1815)', Journal of the Liverpool History Society (2009)