Pinchbeck, Ivy.
Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750 - 1850:
(George Routledge, 1930).
Hardback. A little splitting / weakening internally at spine, edges slightly worn and cloth a little rubbed - otherwise a good copy. x + 342pp. Order No. NSBK-C9033
Keywords: B001P165SY, women workers, women and work, industry, industrialisation, Industrial Revolution, labour, working class, occupations, factories, mines, Ivy Pinchbeck, history, 18th century, eighteenth century, 19th century, nineteenth century, mining, hand loom weavers, domestic industries, trade, labor, labourers, textiles, women's history, factory, factories, economy, economic
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Whitaker, Wilfred B.
Victorian and Edwardian Shopworkers: the Struggle to Obtain Better Conditions and a Half-Holiday
(David & Charles, 1973).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps, otherwise good in dustwrapper. 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A467
Keywords: 0715360302, Victorian, Edwardian, shopping, shops, holiday, work, half-holiday, consumer, consumerism, vacation, trade union, working conditions
Price £10.00.
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Pond, Chris.
Trouble in Store: A Study of Shopwork and Low Pay
(Low Pay Unit, 1977).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise very good. 57pp. Order No. NSBK-A11170
Keywords: B000HC5H36, low pay, economy, economics, wages, work, labor, labour, employees, money, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, shopwork, shops, pay, clothing shops, Cambridge, minimum wages, overtime, stores
Price £15.00.
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Horsfield, Margaret.
Biting the Dust: The Joys of Housework
(Fourth Estate, 1998).
Paperback. Fading to spine, light edge-wear, otherwise very good. xi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-C6189
Keywords: 1857026756, domestic, domesticity, women and work, women's work, woman, women's history, housewives, housewife, housewifery, homemaking, homemaker, houses, home, household, chores, housemaids, Mrs Beeton, cleanliness, cleaning, Hannah Cullwick, Cleanliness Institute, cleaners, flappers, dusting
Price £4.00.
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Russell, Alice.
The TUC and the Working Time Question: Policy, Action and Outcomes in Twentieth Century Britain
(Book Guild, 2000).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xx + 298pp. Order No. NSBK-A14204
Keywords: 1857765753, trade unionism, trade unions, TUC, Trade Union Congress, working hours, holidays, pay, wages, work, labour, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Allen, Sheila and Wolkowitz, Carol.
Homeworking: Myths and Realities
(Macmillan, 1987).
Paperback. With newspaper articles pasted to endpapers, otherwise good. x + 225pp. Order No. NSBK-A8666
Keywords: 033342364X, homeworking, women workers, domestic economy, hidden workforce, gender, casual labour, labor, twentieth century, women and work, sociology
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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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Pennington, Shelley & Westover, Belinda.
A Hidden Workforce: Homeworkers in England, 1850 - 1985
(Macmillan, 1989).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good+ in browned dustwrapper. xi + 191pp. Order No. NSBK-C15640
Keywords: 9780333432969, homeworker, labour work, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, workforce, domestic, domesticity, working women, pennington, westover, sweated labour, housework, tailoring, tailor, tailoring industry, 19th century
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Wootton, Graham.
Workers, Unions and the State:
(RKP, 1966).
Hardback. Good in soiled dustwrapper. xi + 173 + 13pp. Order No. NSBK-A7961
Keywords: 0710034792, workers, trade unions, trade unionists, the State, politics, trade unionism, employees, employers, work, laboor, labor, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, factories, factory, civic
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Synge, Lanto.
Antique Needlework:
(Blandford Press, 1982).
A charming history of decorative needlework. Hardback. Light soiling to front endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 202pp. Order No. NSBK-F4498
Keywords: 0713710071, needlework, sewing, needlewoman, stitching, sewers, needleworkers, crafts, costumes, decorations, embroidery, antiques, Early modern, Mediaeval, Medieval, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth century, nineteenth century, costumes, heraldry, furniture, collectors, history, decorative needlework, history of needlework, lanto synge, craft work
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