Symes, Ruth A.
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past
(Pen and Sword, 2015).
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family in the past were subtly different to those of today and continually transforming. This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family. What did it mean to be a father in this period, but also, how might you discover the father of an ancestor if his name is not mentioned on the birth certificate? What common ideas were held about the role of wives and mothers, but also, how were multiple births, stillbirths, abortions and infanticides dealt with in the records? What factors might have influenced the size of your ancestor's family, but also why were its children named as they were? Did pecking order in a family matter, but also, was it legal to marry a cousin, or the sister of a deceased wife? How long could people expect to live, but also what records can tell you more about the circumstances of your ancestors' last years? A final chapter considers relationships with neighbours, friends and club associates. Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C15530
Keywords: 9781473833883, family relationships, family trees, geneaology, geneaological, social history, ancestors, tracing ancestors, fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, women, welfare state, infants, clubs, grandparents
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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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Wilson, Charles.
England's Apprenticeship, 1603-1763:
(Longmans, 2nd impression, 1966).
Social and Economic History of England. Hardback. Good in browned, slightly soiled, lightly chipped dustwrapper. xvi + 413pp. Order No. NSBK-A7012
Keywords: B0000CMIZ8, England, English, Britain, British, economics, economy, economic, trade, industry, demography, demographic, society, social, agriculture, land, people, manufacture, taxes, social welfare, preindustrial
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Stocks, Mary.
My Commonplace Book: an Autobiography
(Peter Davies, rpt, 1970).
Women's suffrage; the welfare state; the L.S.E.; adult education; the Great Depression in Manchester; social work in London; a variety of government assignments. Hardback. Very good in soiled, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C779
Keywords: 0432157506, suffrage, suffragette, women's rights, L.S.E., the Great Depression, adult education, Manchester, London, social work, welfare state, England, Britain, history, English, British
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Anderson, Mosa.
Henry Joseph Wilson: Fighter for Freedom, 1833 - 1914
(James Clarke, 1953).
Foreword by Lord Pethick-Lawrence. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings. A little wear to edges, otherwise very good. 86pp. Order No. NSBK-A13638
Keywords: B000W6QBW8, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, biographies, biography, Henry Joseph Wilson, Josephine Butler, reformers, social reform, Holmfirth, social welfare, Ireland, Opium Commission, Home Rule, Contagious Diseases Acts, Lord Pethick-Lawrence, politics, political, Victorian, Edwardian, 19th century, nineteenth century
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Carver, Vida and Liddiard, Penny, eds.
An Ageing Population:
(Hodder & Stoughton, Open UP, 1978).
Paperback. Good. viii + 429pp. Order No. NSBK-A4272
Keywords: 0340233737, ageing, population, demography, demographic, demographics, social history, sociology, elderly, old age, family, families, community, welfare, communities, growing old, aged, care, care workers, health, old age pensioners, older people, Britain, British, England, English
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Tillyard, Frank.
Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain, 1911 - 48:
(Thames Bank Pub. Co, 1949).
Hardback. Very good in chipped, slightly browned dustwrapper. ix + 233pp. Order No. NSBK-A13287
Keywords: B001IVGWXE, unemployment, insurance, national insurance, dole, twentieth century, inter-war, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, contributions, benefits, social welfare, poor relief, out-of-work, history
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Heron, Liz.
Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties
(Virago, rpt, 1985).
Paperback. With newspaper review pasted inside front cover, back cover slightly browned, otherwise a good copy. viii + 248pp. Order No. NSBK-C2389
Keywords: 0860685969, fifties, growing up, education, history, girls, women, post-war, welfare state, feminism, society, social, careers, childhood, child, girlhood
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Muggeridge, Kitty and Adam, Ruth.
Beatrice Webb: A Life, 1858-1943
(Academy Chicago, rpt, 1983).
Paperback. Marginal ink notation (very marginal), otherwise good. 271 + vipp. Order No. NSBK-C5304
Keywords: 0897330889, Beatrice Webb, Webb, Webbs, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, women's history, Fabian society, left, Sudney Webb, London School of Economics, The New Statesman, social reform, Modern Welfare State, journals, diary, diaries, socialists, socialism, Stalin, Russia, women's movement, feminism, feminist, Herbert Spencer, Balfour, Haldane, G. B. Shaw
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Kirkby, Diane.
The Power of Pen and Voice: The Life of an Australian-American Labor Reformer
(CUP, 1991).
Hardback. Very good+ in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. xxvi + 254pp. Order No. NSBK-A12390
Keywords: 0521391024, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Australia, Australian, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth century, 20th, writers, writing, labour reformer, labor, Alice Henry, social welfare
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