Chinn, Carl.
They Worked All Their Lives: Women of the Urban Poor in England, 1880-1939
(MUP, 1988).
Hardback. With a newspaper review pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good in faded dustwrapper. xi + 187pp. Order No. NSBK-A15085
Keywords: 9780719024368, urban poor, poverty, Carl Chinn, working class, women's history, social history, British, English, England, Britain, Birmingham, Midlands, charity, mothers, motherhood, Reports, women's work, trade unions, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, twentieth century, self-help, community, communities, debt, Clementina Black, working women
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Emsley, Clive and Walvin, James, eds.
Artisans, Peasants and Proletarians, 1760 - 1860:
(Croom Helm, 1985).
A collection of essays. Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled / discoloured dustwrapper. 236pp. Order No. NSBK-A7854
Keywords: 0709936354, labour, labor, laboring classes, labouring, social history, Clive Emsley, James Walvin, essays, artisans, peasants, peasantry, artisanate, class, social conditions, slavery, slaves, working classes, workers, 18th century, eighteenth century, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century
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Mayhew, Henry.
Mayhew's Characters:
(Spring Books, 1967).
Edited with a note on the English character by Peter Quennell. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper which is rather torn and tatty at edges. xix + 360pp. Order No. NSBK-A5010
Keywords: B0000CNF5P, Henry Mayhew, nineteenth century, Victorian, povery, poor, London, oral history, Britain, British, England, english, interviews, people, popular, working-class, working class, work, labor, labour, mayhew's characters, mayhew's, mayhew, characters
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Checkland, S. G.
The Rise of Industrial Society in England, 1815-1885:
(Longman, 5th impress., 1971).
Social and Economic History of England Series. General Editor, Asa Briggs. Paperback. Tear to front cover, otherwise good. xiv + 471pp. Order No. NSBK-A5681
Keywords: 0582482399, England, English, history, Britain, British, industrial, industry, society, Victorian, nineteenth century, Regency, labor, labour, working class, working classes, urban
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Holbrook-Jones, Mike.
Supremacy and Subordination of Labour: The Hierarchy of Work in the Early Labour Movement
(Heinemann Educational, 1982).
Hardback. Very good in spine-faded dustwrapper. xi + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A8640
Keywords: 0435824171, class, classes, class structure, heirarchy, social, society, working-class, working-class, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, work, workers, employers, employees, employment, jobs, labour, labor, miners, coal, spinners, engineers, men, man, Maxist, Marxism, industrial revolution, labour history, labor history, Britain, British, England, English, history, sociology, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists
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Burn, James Dawson.
The Autobiography of a Beggar Boy:
(Europa Publications, 1978).
Edited by David Vincent. Hardback. Good in slightly creased / torn / browned dustwrapper. v + 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A2992
Keywords: 090511826X, poverty, nineteenth-century, working-class autobiographies, autobiography, beggars, trade unionism, radicalism, Oddfellows movement, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Reay, Barry.
Watching Hannah: Sexuality, Horror and Bodily De-formation in Victorian England
(Reaktion Books Limited, 2002).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. 199pp. Order No. NSBK-H13042
Keywords: 1861891199. Hannah Cullwick, Arthur Munby, servants, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, body, bodies, working class, working classes, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Wallas, Graham.
The Life of Francis Place, 1771-1854:
(George Allen and Unwin, rpt., 1918).
Hardback. Pages browned, covers worn, otherwise a good copy. xiv + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A10349
Keywords: B000HU8TTM, Chartists, Chartist movement, Chartism, radicalism, popular protest, nineteenth century, Victorian, socialism, reform, politics, franchise, votes, suffrage, working class, representation, working-class, classes, radicals, Britain, British, England, English, history, Francis Place, biography, biographies, biographical, life history, life histories, lives, eighteenth century, 18th
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Walton, John K. and Walvin, James.
Leisure in Britain, 1780 - 1939:
(MUP, 1983).
Paperback. Ex library, spine creased, usual library markings, otherwise good. vi + 241pp. Order No. NSBK-A13843
Keywords: 071901946X, leisure, entertainment, social history, recreation, Victorian, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, twentieth century, England, English, Britain, British, hobbies, working class, working classes, middle class, middle classes, class, John Walton, Jim Walvin, James Walvin, Walton, Leisure in Britain
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Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, .
Excursion to Scarborough: Friday July 24th, 1914
(Bass Museum, reprint, 1977).
A charming booklet. On the very eve of the First World War, this detailed guide prepares Bass employees and their families for their day excursion to Scarborough by train. Illustrated. Booklet. Fine. 40pp. Order No. NSBK-A6872
Keywords: B000IZA06Q, Scarborough, seaside, holidays, outings, Britain, British, England, English, Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, towns, spa towns, working classes, working class, excursions, working class excursions, leisure, entertainment, recreation, train journeys, trains, railways, days out, day out, days-out, day-out, tramways, amusements, Bass, industrial workers, Bass Ratcliff and Gretton Limited, Ratcliff, Gretton, stations, twentieth century, World War I, Great War, First World War, pre-war, Bass Museum, Bass outings, booklet
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