Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Griffin, Ben.
The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain: Masculinity, Political Culture And The Struggle For Women's Rights
(CUP, 2012).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xii + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-C15637
Keywords: 9781107015074, gender, women's rights, Victorian, Britain, masculinity, history, nineteenth century
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Stephens, W. B.
Sources for English Social History:
(MUP, 1973).
Paperback. Mottling inside front and back covers otherwise good+. x + 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A11028
Keywords: 0719005051, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, sources, local history
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Scutt, Jocelynne A.
Women and Magna Carta: A Treaty for Rights or Wrongs?
(Palgrave, 2016).
Hardback. Top corner bumped, otherwise very good+. vii + 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C15650
Keywords: 9781137562340, Magna Carta, women's rights, history, natural rights, human rights
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Hopkins, Ellice.
The Power of Womanhood: or Mothers and Sons. A Book for Parents and Those in Loco Parentis
(Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1900).
Hardback. Boards soiled, otherwise good. vi + 192pp. Order No. NSBK-C13668
Keywords: B000XIDAU6, womanhood, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender
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Floud, Roderick.
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians:
(Methuen, 2nd edit., rpt, 1983).
Paperback. A little waviness to spine area, otherwise good condition. ix + 237pp. Order No. NSBK-A743
Keywords: 0416716709, quantitative, statistics, historical method, methodology, data, theory
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McGann, Susan; Crowther, Anne and Dougall, Rona.
History of the Royal College of Nursing 1916-90: A Voice for Nurses
(Manchester UP, 2009).
Paperback. Fine. x + 358pp. Order No. NSBK-C14752
Keywords: 9780719077968, nursing, nurses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, hospitals, Royal College of Nursing, managers, NHS, National Health Service, training, unions, unionism, trade unionism, women and work
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Robinson, Jane.
Parrot Pie for Breakfast: An Anthology of Women Pioneers
(OUP, 1999).
Paperback. New book, fine. xiv + 177pp. Order No. NSBK-C2624
Keywords: 0192880209, women travellers, pioneers, emigration, emigrant, imperialism, empire, women writers, history, travel
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Minett, E. P. and Severn, A. G. M.
Practical Tropical Sanitation: A Pocket Book for Sanitary Inspectors in the Tropics
(Balliere, Tindall and Cox, 1927).
Hardback. Boards slightly soiled, otherwise good. 180pp. Order No. NSBK-A13464
Keywords: sanitary inspectors, sanitation, public health, water, tropics, sewage, refuse disposal, rubbish, abbatoirs, food, markets
Price £32.00.
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Butler, W. C.
The Modern Practical Confectioner: A Boon to the Trade for the Master, Improver, Apprentice and the Trade Generally
(Abel Heywood/Simpkin Marshall, 1890).
Hardback. Boards worn and stained, internally good. vi + 87pp. Order No. NSBK-A12673
Keywords: B0008AO6AC, cakes, confectionary, foods, eating, bakers, bakery, apprentices, trades, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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