Stearns, Peter N.
Lives of Labour: Work in a Maturing Industrial Society
(Croom Helm, 1975).
Hardback. Minor ink annotation, otherwise good in slightly creased, slightly chipped dustwrapper. viii + 424pp. Order No. NSBK-A4884
Keywords: 085664210X, labour, labor, history, industry, industrial, mature capitalism, industrialising, work, Britain, England, France, Belgium, Germany, British, English, French, Belgian, German, working classes, working class, economy, employment, occupations, economic
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Vicinus, Martha.
Independent Women: Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920
(Chicago UP, 1985).
Hardback. Light edgewear to dustwrapper, otherwise good+. xv + 396pp. Order No. NSBK-C7557
Keywords: 0226855678, women's work, single women, spinster, community, work, Britain, British, England, English, history, jobs, career, communities, spinsterhood, careers
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Brown, Phillip and Scase, Richard, eds.
Poor Work: Disadvantage and the Division of Labour
(Open UP, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. vii + 168pp. Order No. NSBK-A14097
Keywords: 0335099408, labour, labor, division of labour, working classes, low-paid jobs, unskilled labour, low pay, working conditions, temporary work, part-time work, labour market, economy, employment
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Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, ed.
Woman's Mission: a Series of Congress Papers on the Philanthropic Work of Women by Eminent Writers
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facsimile of 1893 ed).
For the Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893. Paperback. Light soiling to page edges, spine slightly creased, otherwise very good. viii + 485pp. Order No. NSBK-C4894
Keywords: 9781378684542, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropy, philanthropic, women, woman, women's history, woman's, woman's mission, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, poor, poverty, Victorian, nineteenth century, societies, temperance, organisations, friendly societies, friendly society, Florence Nightingale, sisterhood, charity, charities, Sarah Ponsonby, working class, working classes, needlework, poor laws, ragged schools, education, welfare, social welfare, social history, women's work, missions, women workers, rescue work, Portrayers, Portrayer Publishers, philanthropic institutions, Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893, victoriana, Portrayer's, women's work, woman worker, woman workers
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Sangster, Joan.
Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Postwar Canada
(Toronto UP, 2010).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 414pp. Order No. NSBK-A15111
Keywords: 9780802096524, Canada, Canadian, working women, women, history, postwar, after the war, labour, employment, women's work
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Dex, Shirley & Shaw, Lois B.
British and American Women at Work: Do Equal Opportunities Policies Matter?
(Macmillan, 1986).
Paperback. Ex library, usual library stamps, otherwise good. x + 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C1335
Keywords: 0333402200, women, America, USA, U.S.A., United States, Britain, British, Equal Opportunities, policy, work, discrimination, sex equality, equality, rights, women's rights
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Westaway, K. M.
Old Girls in New Times: The Story of Some of the Work done by the Old Girls of Bedford High School During Nearly Six Years of War, 1939-1945
(F.R. Hockliffe Ltd, 1945).
Hardback. Torn paper cover loose, stitching exposed, otherwise good. 102pp. Order No. NSBK-C12669
Keywords: B0007JZKHW, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, women's work, women and work, employment, girls, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Bedford High School, Bedfordshire, girls' schools, war work, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century
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The Embroiderers' Guild, .
Canvas Work:
(Embroiderers' Guild, rpt., 1963).
Church Needlework 2. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Paperback. Covers slightly chipped, otherwise good+. 31pp. Order No. NSBK-A10601
Keywords: religion, religious, churches, embroidery, embroiderers, needlework, sewers, sewing, church, Britain, British, England, English, history, stitching, stitches, techniques, canvas work, craft
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Beechey, Veronica and Perkins, Tessa.
A Matter of Hours: Women, Part-time Work and the Labour Market
(Polity Press, 1987).
Paperback. With newspaper article pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good. vii + 212pp. Order No. NSBK-C14159
Keywords: 0745602134, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women, women's work, labour, employment, jobs, job market, economy, manufacturing, part-time work, part-timers, employers, wages
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Wise, Nancy Baker and Wise, Christy.
A Mouthful of Rivets: Women at Work in World War II
(Jossey-Bass, 1994).
Hardback. Near fine in dustwrapper. xvii + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-C12409
Keywords: 1555427030, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, work, workers, labour, labor
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