Goodman, Philomena.
Women, Sexuality and War:
(Palgrave, 2002).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to front endpapers, a little rubbing to dustwrapper, otherwise very good+. xii + 180pp. Order No. NSBK-C4987
Keywords: 0333760867, war, women, woman, sex, sexuality, history, femininity, morals, social history, World War II, Second World War, morale, Home Front, British, Britain, England, English, gender roles, female identity, social relations, gender relations, separate spheres, public, private, services, wartime, Mass Observation, patriotism, conscription, Women's Land Army, WLA, Women's Royal Air Force, WRAF, Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, ATS, Women's Auxiliary Airforce, WAAF, Women's Voluntary Services, WVS, war effort
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Peterson, M. Jeanne.
Family, Love and Work in the Lives of Victorian Gentlewomen:
(Indiana UP, 1989).
Paperback. Spine browned, with a newspaper review pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good. xii + 241pp. Order No. NSBK-C4229
Keywords: 0253205093, family, love, work, Victorian, women, gentlewomen, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, middle class, middle classes, upper-middle-classes, class, private sphere, public sphere, separate spheres, leisure, leisured classes, home, domesticity, gender, wife, wives, M. Jeanne Peterson, marriage, marriages, wedlock
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Walvin, James.
English Urban Life, 1776-1851:
(Hutchinson, 1984).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, otherwise good. vii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A7558
Keywords: 0091561515, James Walvin, England, English, history, Britain, British, towns, cities, city, urban, metropolitan, metropolis, population, demographic, demography, housing, homes, houses, streets, machinery, social class, classes, poverty, urbanisation, urbanization, poor, public order, law enforcement
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Stodart, M.A.
Every Day Duties: in Letters to a Young Lady
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1840).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In good, sturdy, maroon library binding, a little scuffed at the back. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13755
Keywords: B0008CKDZC, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, femininity, feminine, advice books, prayer, women's history, religion, private sphere, domesticity, politeness, manners, home, Sabbath, household, servants, social history, etiquette, religious
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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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Hobhouse, Emily.
The Brunt of War and Where it Fell:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 facsimile of the 1902 edition).
A facsimile edition of a very scarce book. Complete with a map and all illustrations. Hardback. Good in blue cloth. xvi + 357pp. Order No. NSBK-C13227
Keywords: 0954476131, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs, self history, self histories, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, Boer War, Boers, South Africa, Africa, African, wars, South African War, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, century, Emily Hobhouse, camps, war camp, war camps, concentration camps, camp, POW, prisoners of war, enemy, enemies, soldiers, soldier, Cape, Cape Colony, children, child, Chamberlain, homes, housing, deprivation, starvation, Britain, British, England, English, troop, troops, battle, battles, battallions, propaganda, battallion, living conditions, Southern Africa, Southern African, Afrikaan, Afrikaans, Veld, scorched earth policy, charity, philanthropy, Portrayer Publishers
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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Allen, Oliver E.
Decorating with Plants:
(Time-life Books, rpt., 1988).
Paperback. Very good. 158pp. Order No. NSBK-A12263
Keywords: 0705405753, plants, flowers, gardening, gardeners, horticulture, horticulturalists, home decor, decoration, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th
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Chrisp, Peter.
Evacuation:
(University of Susex Library, 1987).
Ringbound booklet. Very good. 20pp. Order No. NSBK-A13211
Keywords: 0850870194, Mass Observation, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, twentieth century, 20th Century, Blitz, Mass-Observation, Peter Chrisp, University of Sussex, 1939, 1940s, forties, home front, domestic front, social history, evacuation, evacuees, children, childhood, evacuation scheme, archive
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Fairfax-Lucy, Alice.
Mistress of Charlecote: The Memoirs of Mary Elizabeth Lucy, 1803-1889
(Victor Gollancz, rpt, 1987).
Paperback. Good. 182pp. Order No. NSBK-C486
Keywords: 0575036931, Mary Elizabeth Lucy, Charlecote, memoir, aristocracy, class, stately home, Britain, British, England, English, history
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