“A Spark of Revolution” Reviewed: Midland History
“While some may question the centrality of Small in forming Jefferson’s ideas for the Declaration of Independence and in the development of Watt and Boulton’s steam engine, there is no doubt that he helped to shape the ‘republic of letters’ in the eighteenth century. It is therefore fitting that he has his own biography, and this detailed volume should help to support future scholars to explore the relationships between the Midlands and the wider global networks of ideas, goods and peoples that were central to the ‘age of revolutions’.”
