10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BLACK COUNTRY»
Discover the use of
the Black Country in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Black Country and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Crime and Authority in Victorian England:
The Black Country ...
Polizei / England / Geschichte (19. Jh.).
2
Birmingham and
the Black Country's canal industries
This illustrated volume examines the canalside industries of Birmingham and the Black Country, looking at iron, coal, gas, electricity, bricks and firebricks, and railway interchange.
3
Public Sculpture of Staffordshire And
the Black Country
The book includes all of Staffordshire together with the Black Country (including Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Smethwick and West Bromwich), an area immensely rich in public sculpture.
George Thomas Noszlopy, Fiona Waterhouse, 2005
4
A New Historical Geography of England
Only in Furness did a few charcoal-iron furnaces remain in production.2 Of the
English regions where coal and iron occurred in bulk, the coke- iron industry of
the Black Country outstripped all others. It ranked first in the English output of iron
...
Henry Clifford Darby, 1973
5
The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest
'It's called the Black Country,' escapee Steve Winwood informed an American
journalist in 1970 ... It's really heavily industrial'. (1988, p. 3) One escapes the
Black Country. Like the previous example, Clayson's confirms the Black Country
as a ...
6
A Handbook of Varieties of English: Morphology and syntax
Within the modern urban area at least two main dialect types can be identified:
those of Birmingham, and those of the Black Country to the west. The Black
Country dialect – currently the focus of a research project, the Black Country
Dialect ...
Edgar Werner Schneider, Bernd Kortmann, 2004
7
Language and Identity in Englishes
punctuation and spelling and thus the work of an uneducated person. Or,
alternatively, one could say, that the signwriter's use of the Black Country variety
is self-conscious, deliber- ate and educated, in that it is evident that the signwriter
knows ...
8
Economic History of
the British Iron and Steel Industry
It was here, upon this very question of transport costs, that the Black Country iron
industry was at its greatest disadvantage; if it was necessary to pay railway or
canal charges upon the import of raw materials, of course, there was also the
need ...
9
'Voices from a Blue Box': (Tales from a
Black Country Copper)
Whatever the reason, The Black Country is also known for its distinctive dialect,
which differs slightly across parts of the region. But has become popular again
over recent years with the growth of periodicals such as the Black Country Bugle
...
10
The Black Country Album: 50 Years of Events, People and Places
The images in this book, taken by professional photographer Graham Gough, capture the reality of life in the Black Country since the 1950s.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BLACK COUNTRY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Black Country is used in the context of the following news items.
Black Country flag row: Thousands join backlash over 'offensive' label
Flying the flag for the Black Country – MPs proudly hold aloft the Black Country standard in front of the Houses of Parliament last night. Dudley North's Ian Austin, ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
'Slave trade' row over schoolgirl's Black Country flag
Patrick Vernon claims the Black Country flag - which is red, white and black with a chain motif - unwittingly promotes the slave trade. His comments come on the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Wednesday evening news round up for the Black Country and North …
HERE are some of the stories that have been making the headlines today (Wednesday) across the Black Country and North Worcestershire. A teenaged Brierley ... «Dudley News, Jun 15»
Business leaders back plans for Black Country, Birmingham …
Business leaders in the Black Country have welcomed moves towards joining up the West Midlands in a combined authority to handle powers devolved from ... «expressandstar.com, May 15»
Coventry set to join Birmingham and Black Country in new regional …
Coventry looks set to join forces with Birmingham and the Black Country to create a new combined authority, after the city council's ruling Labour group backed ... «Birmingham Post, May 15»
Booby-trapped home raided in Black Country drugs bust
Booby-trapped home raided in Black Country drugs bust ... in Windmill Street, Wednesbury, in one of eight warrants executed across the Black Country area. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Your morning news round up from around the Black Country and …
This Friday sees the return of movie star Warwick Davis to TV screens as he and his family stop off at Dudley's Black Country Living Museum as part of their ... «Kidderminster Shuttle, Apr 15»
Crossroads back as new Black Country TV station launches
Wrestling, community news and old episodes of Crossroads are among the highlights as the television channel serving the Black Country goes live today. «expressandstar.com, Feb 15»
'Marlene the Black Country Wench' mocks her own strong accent
Marlene Watson, of Wall Heath, West Midlands, has posted the videos on Facebook under the name 'Marlene, a Black Country Wench' - and they have been ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
Sajid Javid to launch Black Country Broadband Project
A new £12.2 million broadband project for the Black Country is aiming to extend the availability of high-speed fibre broadband to 98 per cent of homes and ... «Birmingham Post, Sep 14»
