Hill, Octavia.
House Property and its Management: Some Papers on the Methods of Management Introduced by Miss Octavia Hill and Adapted to Modern Conditions
(George Allen & Unwin, 1921).
Intro. by I. G. Gibbon. Presented by M.M. Jeffery and Edith Neville. Scarce original. Hardback. Pages and boards browned with age, spine split a little at top end, and internally at binding, else a good copy. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C6430
Keywords: housing, Octavia Hill, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, tenants, town planning, urban history, Britain, England, British, English, history, house property, house management, Octavia Hill's essays, nineteenth century, papers, works, cottages, model dwellings, letters to fellow workers, women managers, Amsterdam, municipal, garden cities, period sources, contemporary comment
Price £30.00.
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Isamah, Austin N.
Social Determinants of Labour Productivity in West Africa:
(Hans Zell, 1991).
Hardback. Boards a little sun-faded, otherwise very good. 182pp. Order No. NSBK-A7031
Keywords: 0905450485, labour, work, workers, economy, economics, West Africa, African, productivity, twentieth century, 20th, industrialisation, industrialization, industry
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Royal Commission on Equal Pay, .
Royal Commission on Equal Pay: 1944 - 46 Report
(HMSO, 1946).
Important source material on the gender division of labour in the 1940s. Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, some damage to binding at spine ends, (front cover detached by 2 inches at top), otherwise good. xi + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A7688
Keywords: equal pay, pay, employment, Royal Commission on Equal Pay, reports, gender, gender division of labour, labour, history, labor, industry, industries, women, men, workers, teaching, public service, local government, employees, wages, economy, economic, professions, law, period sources, jobs, occupations, booklet
Price £7.00.
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Lewenhak, Sheila.
Women and Work:
(Fontana, 1980).
Paperback. With a newspaper article pasted to inner front cover, spine faded, otherwise good. 286pp. Order No. NSBK-C1089
Keywords: 0006337600, women, women's studies, sociology, workers, women's work, women and work, women's history, industrialisation, industrialization, employment, employees, equality
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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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James, Louis.
Fiction for the Working Man, 1830 - 50: A Study of the Literature Produced for the Working Classes in Early Victorian Urban England
(Penguin, rpt, 1974).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good. xviii + 261pp. Order No. NSBK-A8755
Keywords: 014060037X, fiction, class, working class, working classes, nineteenth century, 19th century, workers, working men, social history, class consciousness, reading habits, reading matter, Britain, British, England, English, popular literature, Victorian, popular fiction, publishing, popular culture, history, urbanisation
Price £8.00.
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Pesotta, Rose.
Bread Upon the Waters:
(Dodd, Mead and Company, 1944).
Edited by John Nicholas Beffel. Hardback. Red cloth boards soiled, otherwise good in heavily torn dustwrapper. x + 435pp. Order No. NSBK-C13271
Keywords: B000KTOH1E, Rose Pesotta, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, women's work, employment, workers, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. labor, labour
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Bruley, Sue, ed.
Working for Victory: A Diary of Life in a Second World War Factory
(History Press, 2010).
Paperback. Very good+. xxv + 226pp. Order No. NSBK-C15189
Keywords: 9780752456492, second world war, factory, factories, industry, women workers, employment
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Kent, Graeme.
Poverty:
(B.T. Batsford, 1968).
Past into Present Series. Illustrated in black and white with pictures and photographs. Hardback. Spine ends rubbed, otherwise good in tatty dustwrapper. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-A12995
Keywords: 0713417544, poverty, poor, towns, urban, cities, workers, instituitions, Poor law, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, images, pictures
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National Research Council, .
Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment
(National Academy Press, 1986).
Volume 1. Paperback. Very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14140
Keywords: 0309036887, work, women and work, employment, workers, computers, technology, labour, labor, female, clerical work, white collar, Louise A. Tilly
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