Speciality
Modern British Economic History Modern British Business History Modern
British Social History Modern Britih Urban History
Comparative Urban History Social History Economic History Entreprenur
History
Research Fields and Interests
Social Structure in Modern Society
British Middle Class from the Eighteenth century to the Nineteenth century
Computing and History, especially Historical Database
See The Halifax Database (Original Historical Database)
Globalisation and History
Entreprenur and Entreprenurship
John Bright
Modern History of West Yorkshire, expecially, Halifax and Leeds
Modern and Current History of Birmingham
Social and Economic History of Car in Japan and Britain, c. 1960-c.2010
Research Activities
The Middle Class in Halifax, 1780-1850
The Middle Class in Britain, c. 1750-c. 1950
Comparative Urban History for West Yorkshire Towns from the 18th century
to the 19th century
Creating Historical Database for Halifax, Leeds, Bradford and Hudderfield
from 1780 to 1850
Entrepenur in 18th and 19th century Britain
Governance and Strucuture in British Urban Society from the 18th to 20th
centuries
John Bright
Making of the History of Birmingham, 19th century - 21st century
Automobilities in Britain and Japan, c. 1960-c.2010
Creating the bibliography of the British Middle Class
No part of this bibliography can be reproducted in any form without permission.
Select Bibliography for the Works related to the British Middle Class, c.1500-c.1900 (HTML file)
Research Projects and Grants
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 2016-2018 Network of John Bright and Radical M.P.s (represented by Toshihiko Iwama)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 2013-2015 Systematic Research for the manuscripts of John Bright (represented by Toshihiko Iwama)
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 2009-2011, New interpretation of
John Bright: His constituencies, and publications of John Bright in Japan
(represented by Toshihiko Iwama)
Inoue Enryo Grant for Publication 2007 The Middle Class World: Halifax, 1780-1850 (Minerva Publishing, Kyoto, 2008), Ⅹ＋367 (in Japanese).
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 2003-2005 Study of the Historical
Database on the Economic Structure of the English Provincial Towns in the
First Half of the Nineteenth Century (represented by Toshihiko Iwama)
Professional Associations
(Japan)
Business History Society
SHIGAKUKAI(The Historical Society of Japan)
Socio-Economic History Society
The Political Economy and Economic History Society (Member of the Editorial
Committee, 2006-)
The Tokyo Study Group in Comparative Urban History
(UK and others)
The Economic History Society
The Social History Society
The Economic History Association
The Family & Community Historical Research Society
Awards
Michael Postan Award, 1998-1999 (The Economic History Society)
The 2009 Political Economy and Economic History Society Prize (Political
Economy & Economic History Society) Toshihiko Iwama, The Middle Class World: Halifax, 1780-1850 (Minerva
Publishing, Kyoto, 2008), Ⅹ＋367 (in Japanese).
Lastly Update 8 September 2017
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