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2023
Doctoral thesis
The typewriter trade in Scotland, from the 1870s to 1920s
This thesis explores the typewriter trade in Scotland from the 1870s to the 1920s. It analyses the businesses and individuals involved in the marketing, sale and use of writing machines, revealing the processes by which typewriters went from little known novelties in the mid-1870s to essential technologies for commercial and...Inglis, James
Typewriter , Scotland, Office, Commercial education, Technology, Shorthand, Women's employment, 19th century, Exhibitions, 20th century, Retail, and Typing