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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Stewart, Alexander P. & Jenkins, Edward.
The Medical and Legal Aspects of Sanitary Reform:
(Leicester UP, 1969 rpt of 1867 2nd edit).
Intro by M.W. Flinn. Hardback. Very good in soiled dustwrapper. 100pp. Order No. NSBK-A4851
Keywords: 718550072, medical, history, M. W. Flinn, social history, welfare, Britain, British, England, English, legal, sanitary reform, public health, sanitary conditions, Public Health Acts, nineteenth century, Victorian, social improvements, social reforms, Royal Sanitary Commissions, Disraeli, Disraelian Conservatism, Alexander P. Stewart, Edward Jenkins
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Dyer, Colin.
Population and Society in Twentieth Century France:
(Hodder & Stoughton, 1978).
Paperback. A little scuffing to covers, otherwise good+. 247pp. Order No. NSBK-A8683
Keywords: 0340219106, France, French, history, population, demography, demographic, social history, statistics, statistical, mortality, fertility, population rates, birth rates, birth-rates, migration
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McGeeney, Patrick.
Parents are Welcome:
(Longmans, 1969).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stickers, otherwise good in slightly worn dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A3126
Keywords: 582324343, Plowden Report, parents, parenting, children, education, social background, school, teacher, fundraising, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Service, Robert W.
The Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man:
(T. Fisher Unwin, 1916).
Hardback. Some splitting internally at spine front and back. Endpapers partly detached, ex library. Boards stained, frayed at edges and soiled. A good working copy only. viii + 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A14891
Keywords: B000RNFXA2, Red Cross, verse, poems, poetry, World War I, First World War, Great War, social history, Robert W. Service
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Buckley, V. C.
Good Times: At Home and Abroad Between the Wars
(Thames and Hudson, 1979).
With 197 illustrations. Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A5740
Keywords: 050027178X, wras, interwar, homes, abroad, leisure, entertainment, schooldays, schools, schooling, London, motors, motoring, pastimes, hobbies, dining, First World War, Great War, World War One, World War Two, World War Two, World War II, twentieth century, social history, Britain, British, England, English
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Sadler, Michael E.
Report on Secondary and Higher Education in Essex:
(J.H. Nicholas, 1906).
With a map and diagrams. Hardback. Brown cloth sun-faded with some rubbing to edges, otherwise good. v + 418 + livpp. Order No. NSBK-A707
Keywords: B0008A8F2W, education, Essex, social history, Edwardian, Michael E. Sadler, secondary education, higher education, Chelmsford, Colchester, Saffron Walden, children, childhood, child, teenagers, teenage, Dunmow, pupils, scholarships, Britain, British, England, English, school, schools, schooling
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Sharp, Evelyn.
Rebel Women:
(Portrayer, 2003 facsimile of the 1st edit. of 1910).
A special edition of this highly sought-after work of suffragette fiction, in smart bespoke binding. Walnut finish boards with blue & green head and tail bands. Coloured endpapers. A series of descriptive sketches about the suffragette movement. Hardback. Fine condition. 135pp. Order No. NSBK-C6498
Keywords: 0954476107, suffragettes, suffrage, women's history, Rebel Women, Edwardian, New Woman, Votes for Women, Evelyn Sharp, Britain, British, England, English, enfranchisement, woman suffrage, woman, women writers, fiction, social protest, political women, politics, collector's editions, literature, twentieth century, 20th century, Portrayer, Portrayer's, Portrayer Publishers, fictional, writing, stories, sketches
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West, E.G..
Education and the Industrial Revolution:
(B.T. Batsford, 1975).
Paperback. Spine faded, very good. 275pp. Order No. NSBK-A73
Keywords: 0713428929, education, school, schools, schooling, children, educating children, child, educate, educated, educator, educators, social history, children's history, education history, educational history, the history of education, educator history, child history, education study, educational study, studying education, studying educational history, infant education, infants schools, infant, work, industry, school, industrial revolution, industrial, workers, worker, worker's revolution, batsford, B.T Batsford, social history, history, historian, historical, record,
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Cobbe, Frances Power and Bryan, Benjamin.
Vivisection in America: I: How it is Taught; II: How it is Practised
(Portrayer, 2002 reprint of 4th edition of 1890).
No 4 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C6301
Keywords: vivisection, Vivisection in America, USA, American, America, United States of America, social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Benjamin Bryan, anti vivisection, anti-vivisection, antivivisection, Victorian, nineteenth century, vivisectionists, vivisectionist, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, animals, animal cruelty, cruelty to animals, medical, medicine, science, philanthropy, philanthropists, letters, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, experiments on animals, animal experimentation, Victoria Street Society, feminists, feminist, feminism, protest, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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