Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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Miller, Miranda.
Bed and Breakfast: Women and Homelessness Today
(The Women's Press, 1990).
Paperback. Good. ix + 178pp. Order No. NSBK-C9725
Keywords: 0704342049, women, woman, women's studies, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, homes, houses, homeless, homelessness, family, families, violence, domestic violence, children, bed and breakfasts, hotels, hostels, landlords, tenants, residences, feminism, feminists, twentieth century, 20th
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Mackay, Shena, ed.
Such Devoted Sisters: An Anthology of Stories
(Virago, 1994).
Paperback. Cover and spine slightly creased, otherwise good. 330pp. Order No. NSBK-A10752
Keywords: 1853817554, story, stories, sisters, sororiety, women, women's history, woman, female, tales, literature, literary, family, families
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Oakley, Ann.
Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents Early Years
(Flamingo, 1997).
Paperback. Spine creased and cover edges worn, otherwise good. xiii + 338pp. Order No. NSBK-C10416
Keywords: 0006550134, parents, Richard Titmuss, Kay Titmuss, Kay Miller, welfare state, biography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, feminism, feminists, family, social history, families, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, 20th
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Anderson, Christopher.
The Domestic Constitution or the Family Circle: the Source and Test of National Stability
(W.P. Kennedy, Edinburgh, new & improved edition, 1847).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & stickers, embossed cloth rubbed / slightly marked, a little splitting top spine end & internally at spine, otherwise good, tight. xviii + 464pp. Order No. NSBK-A5355
Keywords: B000W6Q560, domestic, domesticity, contemporary comment, history, Britain, British, England, English, family, families, nineteenth century, domestic constitution, national stability, nation, nationhood, parenthood, civilisation, parents, instruction, advice books, moral, moral constitution, mores, morality, obedience, domestic education, domestic government, obligation, right, duties, duty, responsibility, responsibilities, domestic circles, reason, rational, religion, religious, educating children, antiquarian
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Liddiard, Mabel.
British Red Cross Society: Infant Welfare Manual. No 9
(J. & A. Churchill, third edition, 1933).
Hardback. Some fading and soiling to cloth, otherwise good. viii + 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A7277
Keywords: B000HC1154, health, history, British Red Cross Society, Red Cross, philanthropy, first aid, first-aid, medicine, medical, history, manuals, Britain, British, England, English, childhood, children, child, infants, infant, infant welfare, social welfare, mothers, motherhood, maternity, advice books, ante-natal, feeding children, babies, looking after babies, interwar, inter-war, inter war, baby, breast feeding, breast-feeding, bottle feeding, natural feeding, artifical feeding, teething, family, families
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Laderman, Carol.
Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia
(California UP, rpt., 1987).
Paperback. Some minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise good. vii + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-C5978
Keywords: 0520060369, Carol Laderman, Malays, Malaysia, childbirth, children, birth, pregnancy, midwives, midwife, pregnant, nutrition, food, natal, diet, dietary, ritual, medical, medicine, shaman, fieldworkers, Southeast Asia, Asian, mothers, motherhood, maternal, wife, wives, families, family, twentieth century, babies, baby, maternity, midwifery
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Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald.
In Search of Army Ancestry:
(Phillimore, 1977).
Hardback. Some fading to spine and slight scuffing to front board, otherwise good. 106pp. Order No. NSBK-A13879
Keywords: 0850332877, army, armies, history, family history, military, genealogy, families, army lists, army records, service records
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Marsh, David C.
The Changing Social Structure of England and Wales, 1871-1961:
(RKP, revised edition, 1965).
Hardback. Ex library with usual markings, but generally good in lightly worn, slightly soiled dustwrapper. xiv + 273pp. Order No. NSBK-A967
Keywords: 0710033737, social structure, Wales, Welsh history, class, Britain, British, England, English, history, nineteenth century, twentieth century, classes, population, demography, demographic, family, families
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Mace, Jane.
Playing with Time: Mothers and the Meaning of Literacy
(UCL Press, 1998).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise very good. xiii + 185pp. Order No. NSBK-C8834
Keywords: 1857288912, mothers, motherhood, women, children, child, literacy, education, educational, maternal, reading, writing, grandmothers, domestic, adult literacy, family, families
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