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Personal profile
Key Research Interests
Research interests include free trade from Adam Smith to Globalisation; William Huskisson and the British State, 1790-1830, Letters of Richard Cobden; the history of international and national political economy 18-20th centuries.
Past Research Projects and Grants
Project Title | Start Date | End Date | Funding Body | Project Body |
The Letters of Richard Cobden 1804-1865 | 1/11/2004 | 30/9/2006 | Arts and Humanities Research Council | Anthony Howe, Simon Morgan |
Richard Cobden Bicentenary Conference | 16/7/2004 | 16/8/2004 | British Academy | N/A |
The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-65) | 1/9/2003 | 28/10/2004 | Arts and Humanities Research Council | N/A |
Key Responsibilities
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Anthony Howe specialises in the history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. His books include Free Trade and Liberal England, 1846-1946 (Oxford, 1998) and, with Simon Morgan, he has edited Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Liberalism: Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays (Ashgate, 2006). With the support of an AHRC resource enhancement grant, he recently edited four volumes the letters of the leading British radical Richard Cobden (1804-1865).
Teaching Interests
Professor Howe teaches second year courses on Victorian Britain and on National Identities in Britain and the British World, 1801-1951, third year options on Edwardian Britain and Liberalism in the Age of Cobden and Gladstone, and at master's level, Britain America, and the International Economic Order, 1846-1996. He is willing to supervise dissertations in most areas of nineteenth and twentieth-century British history as well as on the history of free trade and globalisation.
Projects
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'Manchester Goods': Trading a global commodity
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Training
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Disraeli and Cobden: The 'Manchester School' in Fact and Fiction
Howe, A., 17 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens. p. 1-16 16 p., 05.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Globalisation and backlash: how has world trade evolved over 300 years?
Howe, A., 19 Jun 2023, In: ECO. p. 16-17 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Richard Cobden Manchester Citizen to 'International Man'
Howe, A., Morgan, S. & Dampier, H., 5 Apr 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) online
Howe, A., Morgan, S. & Dampier, H., 19 Sept 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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From Adam Smith to Brexit: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Free Trade in Britain, 1776-2016
Howe, A., Jan 2022, British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960: Essays in Honour of Patrick O'Brien. Inikori, J. (ed.). Boydell and BrewerResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review