Fraser, Derek.
The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy Since the Industrial Revolution
(Macmillan, Second edit., rpt, 1985).
Paperback. Spine creased, edges soiled. Minor annotation, a good working copy. xxxii + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-A4420
Keywords: 0333359992, Britain, British, Welfare State, history, social policy, Industrial Revolution, factory, factories, Poor Law, public health, education, laissez-faire, state intervention, poverty, poor, war, warfare
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Gowing, Richard.
Richard Cobden:
(Cassell & Co., 26th thous., 1889).
World's Workers Series. Hardback. Minor marginal pencil notation, spine ends & corners slightly rubbed, otherwise very good with bright blue & red boards. 130pp. Order No. NSBK-A2234
Keywords: B00087J8JO, Richard Cobden, Cobden, radical, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, radicals, nineteenth century, 19th century, Victorians, free trade, corn law, corn laws, The Anti-Corn Law League, economic history
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Smart, Carol, ed.
Regulating Womanhood: Historical Essays on Marriage, Motherhood and Sexuality
(Routledge, 1992).
Paperback. Book reviews pasted to back endpapers, otherwise good+. 233pp. Order No. NSBK-C6011
Keywords: 0415074053, women, woman, women's history, law, social policy, marriage, motherhood and sexuality, gender, nineteenth, twentieth, century, Victorian, European, Europe, America, American, United States, history, mothers, parenthood, maternal, unmarried mothers, illegitimacy, illegitimate, feminism, feminists, property, children, childhood, social work, wifebeating, domestic violence, wives, wife, marital, law, legal, citizenship
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Suffragette Poster, .
Justice Demands the Vote:
(Portrayer Publishers, reprint, 2003).
A modern reproduction of this suffragette poster, originally published by the Brighton and Hove Women's Francise Society, 191x (exact date uncertain). Printed with archival inks on premium paper (300 GSM, Silk Art, photographic print). Poster (in varying shades of brown and black) shows a woman holding a banner ("Justice Demands the Vote"), next to a shrouded woman holding the scales of justice. They're held back by a rope tied to two posts. Below the steps, a shrouded mother cuddles her baby and another woman in period fashion looks on. Size of the paper is 450mm x 320mm and image is approx 435mm x 305mm. Poster. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C6881
Keywords: B001F3V7UI, Portrayer Publishers, suffragettes, suffragette poster, suffragette posters, Votes for Women, woman suffrage, history, women, enfranchisement, franchise, women's movement, politics, England, English, cartoons, suffrage, politics, images, imagery, women, women's, representations, pictures, poster, posters, enfranchisement, the franchise, reproductions, modern reproductions, print, prints, votes for women, votes, voting, voter, woman, women's suffrage, law and order, justice, Brighton and Hove Women's Francise Society, Sussex, picture, Portrayer, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera
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HMSO, .
Suggestions for the Guidance of the Clergy: Relative to the Duties Imposed Upon Them By the Marriage and Registration Acts
(HMSO, 1901).
Hardback. Spine worn, embossed, decorated boards with gilt lettering, very good. 33pp. Order No. NSBK-A5101
Keywords: B000HC0T7U, marriage, social history, marriages, weddings, wedding, Britain, British, England, English, Edwardian, Victorian, marriage ceremonies, marriage rites, marriage rituals, registration, registrars, clergy, religion, religious, banns, licence, baptism, civil registration, burial, burials, registering, registering birth, marriage and death, law, legal, booklet
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
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Manvell, Roger.
The Trial of Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh:
(Elek, 1976).
Hardback. A little staining to base of boards, pages and dustwrapper, not affecting text, but overall good. ix + 182pp. Order No. NSBK-C2050
Keywords: 9780236400058, trial, law, legal, Annie Besant, Charles Bradlaugh, sexuality, Victorian, Besant, Bradlaugh, contraception, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Flinn, M. W and Smout, T. C. eds.
Essays in Social History:
(Clarendon Press, 1974).
Edited for the Economic History Society. Paperback. Minor annotation, slightly shaky with tatty covers, a good working copy. xi + 289pp. Order No. NSBK-A5657
Keywords: 0198770170, social history, economy, economics, Britain, British, England, English, labour, labor, Industrial Revolution, industry, Sunday Schools, Manchester, Poor Laws, class, classes, towns, urban history, social reform, mortality, trade unions, women's history, trade unionism
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Holland, Bernard.
The Fall of Protection, 1840-1850:
(Porcupine, rpt, 1980).
Hardback. Very good. x + 372pp. Order No. NSBK-A3934
Keywords: 0879918578, protection, Britian, British, history, England, English, Victorian, Robert Peel, the Hungry Forties, protectionism, protectionists, corn law, corn laws, Condition of England
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Blackmore, Stanley.
Reflections of a Country Magistrate:
(Saracen Publications, 1988).
Hardback. Very good. 236pp. Order No. NSBK-A6256
Keywords: 0951394606, magistrates, legal, laws, Britain, British, England, English, history, Stanley Blackmore, courts, magistracy, country magistrates, autobiographical
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