Bath University Press

The Bath University Press publishes selectively in the fields of academic, literature, and local studies.

For more details about any of the titles listed below, including availability, please contact Sue Gowman <S.Gowman@bath.ac.uk>

Catalogue of Published titles

Engineering
Ethics & Politics
History of Science
Industrial Archaeology & Architectural History
Language & Literature
Local History
Science
Local Interest: University of Bath

Engineering
Engineers and Engineering R Angus Buchanan (Ed.) 1996, 226pp ISBN 0 86197 118 3 This is a collection of essays by members of the Rolt Fellowship which was set up to encourage interest in the history of technology. The subjects range widely over engineering history, but there is much common ground in their effort to illuminate central engineering preoccupations, and here are a number of clear themes such as marine engineering and engineering biography. Underwater Electracoustic Transducers
Underwater Electracoustic Transducers Denis Stansfield 1991, 413pp ISBN 0 86197 082 9 Although underwater transducers are vital elements in any underwater acoustic system, they have received little attention in the scientific literature. This book is aimed at filling the gap by describing the principles and practical aspects involved in their design. out of print
Acoustics and the Sea-bed Conference proceedings Ed. Pace, 1983 out of print

Science
Good Clinical Practice and Ethics in European Drug Research Peter N Bennett (Ed.) 1994, 159pp ISBN 0 86197 121 3 This publication arises from a Symposium organised by the ethical Review Committee in March 1993 at the European Parliament Building in Brussels. Contributions from several countries and a variety of disciplines address issues related to the ethics of the clinical evaluation of drugs.
Ethical Responsibilities in European Drug Research Ed. P.N. Bennett, 1991
FEMS Symposium: Homeostatic Mechanisms in Micro-organisms Ed. Whittenbury et al, 1988
FEMS Symposium Natural Antimicrobial Systems Part 2: AS in Milk Ed. G W Gould et al, 1986
FEMS Symposium Natural Antimicrobial Systems Part 1: AS in Plants and Animals Ed. G W Gould et al, 1986
Local History
Pauline P Forrest, 1992 ISBN: 0861971159
An Illustrated Chronicle M Gifford Brown, 1990
Memoirs of a Street Urchin L Stride, 1985 out of print
Bath - Walks within the walls Smithson, 1980 out of print
History & History of Science
Gunpowder Brenda J Buchanan (Ed.) 1996, (Reprinted 2006), 403pp ISBN: 0 86197 134 5 The book is based upon papers contributed by many of the leading authorities in the field, attending the 22nd Symposium of The International Committee for the History of technology, (ICOHTEC) held at the University of Bath in 1994. This volume provides for the first time a comprehensive coverage of the subject at international level, revealing the problems faced in its manufacture and showing the world-wide significance of gunpowder, in terms of the transfer of ideas and techniques and transport of raw materials and finished goods.
A Pox on the Provinces! Guy and Rolls et al, 1991
Pounds or Pinfolds and Lockups: Beast and man in custody B.M. Willmott Dobbie, 1979 ISBN: 900843349
Early Horticultural Catalogues J Harvey, 1973
Early Horticultural Catalogues, supplement J Harvey, 1973
Industrial Archaeology & Architectural History
Bath: Museum or City? Ed. Hones, 1978 out of print
The Industrial archaeology of Bath R A Buchanan, 1969 SBN 900843047
Ethics & Politics
Bath and Belfast - Two Cities: One Nation? (University of bath Twelfth Convocations/Students' Union Lecture) Chris Patten, 1985
Sociology of Scientific Knowledge Ed. H Collins, 1982
Science and religion: The Re-opening Dialogue Ed. G Walters, 1970 SBN: 900843071
Language & Literature
The Dictionary Men: Their Lives and Times £30 R.W. Holder August 2004 This fascinating books tells the lives of Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, George Smith, James Murray and Joseph Wright, not simply as biography but by looking at their careers and friendships in the industrial, political, artistic and social environment of their times
Bath and the 18th Century Novel Mary K Hill 1989, 76pp 40 illus ISBN 086197072 1 Virtually every literary figure of the eighteenth century lived in or visited Bath, including such notables as Jane Austen, James Boswell, Fanny Burney, William Cowper, Daniel Defoe and Henry Fielding. This comprehensive study shows the enormous influence which the City of Bath had on the development of the novels of the eighteenth century.
The Linguistics Business Crofts, 1988 out of print
Dictionary of American and British Euphemisms Holder, 1987 ISBN: 0861970696
Thinking about Management R.W. Holder ISBN: 0861971167
Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Edwards, 1982 reprint 1987 out of print
Local Interest: University of Bath
The University of Bath: The Formative Years Moore, 1982 out of print
Some speeches of a chancellor Lord Hinton of Bankside, 1981
Campus Cookbook Ed. Lock, 1980, reprint 1987 out of print
A technological university: An Experiment in Bath Ed. Walters, 1966
University of Bath Site History: a summary of records of the prehistory and history of Bathampton Down and the University site Patrick Crooke, 1965 (reprinted 1980) Now out of print.
The proposed University of Bath: Development Plan Report No. 1 1965

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