Britannica's Typesetters by Sian Reynolds
This is a depiction of a period in British printing history when women were recruited into the traditionally male preserve of setting text. The book covers the Edinburgh book-printing trade, how the first women entered the Edinburgh case-rooms, unions, and the work process and pay question.Sian Reynolds was born and educated in Cardiff, read Modern Languages at St Anne's College, Oxford, and has a doctorate in History from the University of Paris-VII, supervised by Michelle Perrot. She has taught in secondary schools, adult education, the Universities of Sussex and Edinburgh, and was
Professor of French at the University of Stirling from 1990-2004. She has published books on both French and Scottish history, and translated works by leading French historians such as Fernand Braudel, as well as detective novels by Fred Vargas. She is a past president of the Association for the
Study of Modern & Contemporary France, and is currently Chair of the Scottish Working People's History Trust.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780852246528 |
| ISBN 10 | 0852246528 |
| Title | Britannica's Typesetters |
| Author | Sian Reynolds |
| Series | Edinburgh Education And Society Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 1989-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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