Walvin, James.
Victorian Values:
(Andre Deutsch, 1987).
A Companion to the Granada Television Series. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xi + 171pp. Order No. NSBK-A7200
Keywords: 0233981063, Victorian, social history, nineteenth century, society, Britain, British, England, English, James Walvin, Jim Walvin, values, morality, paternalism, laissez faire, health, education, poverty, public health
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Hill, William Thomson.
Octavia Hill: Pioneer of the National Trust and Housing Reformer
(Hutchinson, 1956).
Hardback. Very good in soiled and chipped dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C1243
Keywords: B0007IVFJU, housing, National Trust, housing reform, history, Octavia Hill, biographies, poverty, open spaces, London, Hampstead Heath
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McKenny, Helen G.
A City Road Diary, 1885-1888: the Record of Three Years in Victorian London
(WMHS, 1978).
Edited by Alfred Binney and John A. Vickers. Paperback. A little light brown spotting / soiling to covers, otherwise very good. viii + 111pp. Order No. NSBK-A3503
Keywords: 0950555916, Helen G. McKenny, Methodism, Victorian London, diary, Methodist, Wesleyan, mission, poor, poverty
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Matthews, Kent and Benjamin, Dan.
US and UK Unemployment Between the Wars: A Doleful Story
(Institute of Economic Affairs, 1992).
Hobart Paperback 31. Paperback. Very good. xvi + 174pp. Order No. NSBK-A14142
Keywords: 0255363052, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, USA, America, United States, employment, unemployment, dole, poverty, inter-war, Depression, slump, economy, inter war
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Walvin, James.
English Urban Life, 1776-1851:
(Hutchinson, 1984).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, otherwise good. vii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A7558
Keywords: 0091561515, James Walvin, England, English, history, Britain, British, towns, cities, city, urban, metropolitan, metropolis, population, demographic, demography, housing, homes, houses, streets, machinery, social class, classes, poverty, urbanisation, urbanization, poor, public order, law enforcement
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Leffingwell, Albert.
Illegitimacy and the Influence of Seasons Upon Conduct: Two Studies in Demography
(Swan Sonnenschein, 1892).
With maps and diagrams. Scarce. Hardback. Original red cloth darkened / soiled / stained, some wear to spine ends & corners, one map partly detached - otherwise good. viii + 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C10974
Keywords: B000HBZSGI, illegitimacy, illegitimate, mothers, single mothers, motherhood, demography, population, demographic, morals, morality, moral, women, women's history, 1890s, Victorian, 19th century, seasons, regions, regional, unmarried women, bastardy, poverty, infants, infancy, babies, birth, childbirth, chastity, birth rate, birth-rates, fertility, mortality, birth rates, birthrates, insanity, madness, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, pregnancy, expectant mothers, antiquarian
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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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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Gordon, Linda, ed.
Women, the State and Welfare:
(Wisconsin UP, 1992).
Paperback. Light creasing to spine and rubbing to edges, otherwise very good. 311pp. Order No. NSBK-C5459
Keywords: 9780299126643, welfare, social welfare, race, class, America, American, United States of America, USA, women's, women, woman, social security, twentieth century, state, state welfare, state support, unemployment, welfare programmes, public welfare, poor women, poverty, social policy, Linda Gordon
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Woloch, Isser, ed.
The Peasantry in the Old Regime: Conditions and Protests
(Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970).
Paperback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and sticker, some light creasing / edge wear to covers - otherwise good. 112pp. Order No. NSBK-A13347
Keywords: 0030798302, ancien regime, old regime, history, peasants, peasantry, class, society, protest, poverty, peasant uprisings, riots, 18th century, eighteenth century, popular protest, agrarian, village, peasant revolution of 1789, France, French
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