Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Peabody, Francis Greenwood.
Education for Life: The Story of Hampton Institute
(Doubleday, Page and Co, 1920).
Told in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the school. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, boards rather worn and frayed, splitting internally at spine (front and back); a good reading copy only. xxiv + 393pp. Order No. NSBK-A6598
Keywords: B00088UQU8, Hampton Institute, education, educational, twentieth century, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, nineteenth century, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, social history, schools
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Cooper, Thomas, ed.
Cooper's Journal: or the Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth, Freedom and Progress (1850)
(Augustus M. Kelley, 1970).
Hardback. Very good+. 476pp. Order No. NSBK-A12792
Keywords: 0678006717, Thomas Cooper, Cooper's Journal, politics, political, politicians, government, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Chartists, Chartism
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Hayes, Carlton.
British Social Politics: Materials Illustrating Contemporary State Action for the Solution of Social Problems
(Books for Libraries Press, rpt., 1972).
Hardback. Boards slightly worn, otherwise good+. xi + 580pp. Order No. NSBK-A15532
Keywords: 0836967224, social, society, political, politics, Britain, British, history
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Costello, Neil and Richardson, Michael, eds.
Continuing Education for the Post-Industrial Society:
(The Open University Press, 1982).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 146pp. Order No. NSBK-A11113
Keywords: 0335101860, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, adult education, twentieth century, 20th
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IRIS, .
Governance and the Economy in Africa: Tools for Analysis and Reform of Corruption
(IRIS, n.d).
Published by the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) University of Maryland at College Park. Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. vi + 196 + 49pp. Order No. NSBK-A7514
Keywords: Africa, African, corruption, politics, political, economics, economy, Benin, Niger, Uganda, Bolivia, Iran-Contra, Dakar, Third World, developing countries, developing world
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Royal Archaeological Institute, .
The Archaeological Journal: Volume XCIV for 1937. Part Two
(Royal Archaeological Institute, 1938).
With pull-out maps etc. Paperback. Covers slightly soiled and somewhat tatty, internally good and firm. 177 to 360pp. Order No. NSBK-A14263
Keywords: B0023BNKX8, Royal Archaeological Institute, The Archaeological Journal, history, archaeology, Winchelsea, St. Alban, Cologne, ancient highways, Dorset, Somerset, ancient ruins, remains
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Garrett, Richard.
The Search for Prosperity: Emigration from Britain, 1815-1930
(Wayland, 1973).
Illustrated. Hardback. Large, very good in dustwrapper. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A2850
Keywords: 853403163, emigration, America, USA, Malthus, the colonies, settlers, Australia, coffee table book, emigrants, emigrant, colony, settler, history, British, Britain, English, England
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Scaffardi, Sylvia.
Fire Under the Carpet: Working for Civil Liberties in the 1930s
(Lawrence and Wishart, 1986).
Paperback. Very good. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C14152
Keywords: 0853156549, 1930s, thirties, inter war, inter-war, interwar, civil liberties, NCCL, Mosley, fascism, Ronald Kidd, Sylvia Scaffardi, anti-fascism, anti-semitism
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Rhodes, Mary.
Ideas for Canvas Work:
(Jarrold and Sons, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, board edges rubbed, otherwise good in worn dw. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-G13087
Keywords: 0713426349, canvas work, crafts, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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