Symes, Ruth A.
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past
(Pen and Sword, 2015).
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family in the past were subtly different to those of today and continually transforming. This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family. What did it mean to be a father in this period, but also, how might you discover the father of an ancestor if his name is not mentioned on the birth certificate? What common ideas were held about the role of wives and mothers, but also, how were multiple births, stillbirths, abortions and infanticides dealt with in the records? What factors might have influenced the size of your ancestor's family, but also why were its children named as they were? Did pecking order in a family matter, but also, was it legal to marry a cousin, or the sister of a deceased wife? How long could people expect to live, but also what records can tell you more about the circumstances of your ancestors' last years? A final chapter considers relationships with neighbours, friends and club associates. Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C15530
Keywords: 9781473833883, family relationships, family trees, geneaology, geneaological, social history, ancestors, tracing ancestors, fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, women, welfare state, infants, clubs, grandparents
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Stocks, Mary.
My Commonplace Book: an Autobiography
(Peter Davies, rpt, 1970).
Women's suffrage; the welfare state; the L.S.E.; adult education; the Great Depression in Manchester; social work in London; a variety of government assignments. Hardback. Very good in soiled, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C779
Keywords: 0432157506, suffrage, suffragette, women's rights, L.S.E., the Great Depression, adult education, Manchester, London, social work, welfare state, England, Britain, history, English, British
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Goodman, Dave.
No Thanks to Lloyd George: The Forgotten Story - How the Old Age Pension Was Won
(D Goodman, 1987).
Paperback. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise good+. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A13521
Keywords: 0951279408, pensions, old age pension, history, Lloyd George, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, welfare, old age, state welfare, national insurance, pensioners, retirement, Edwardian, economy
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Mee, Graham.
Aristocratic Enterprise: The Fitzwilliam Industrial Undertakings, 1795-1857
(Blackie, 1975).
Hardback. Very good in slightly rubbed dustwrapper protected by cellophane. 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A5332
Keywords: 0216900506, aristocrat, aristocrats, aristocratic, class, enterprise, Fitzwilliam undertakings, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, industry, coal-mining, coal mining, iron foundries, Wentworth estates, Earls Fitzwilliam, welfare, co-operation, cooperation, unionism, mines, foundries, trade unionism, trade unions, Elsecar, Milton, ironworks, collieries, colliery, paternalism, paternalist
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Rendall, Jane.
The Origins of Modern Feminism: Women in Britain, France and the United States, 1780-1860
(Palgrave, 2001).
Paperback. Good. vi + 382pp. Order No. NSBK-C831
Keywords: 0333289013, history of feminism, feminism, women's history, France, America, United States, suffrage, England, Britain, history, English, British, women's movement, Jane Rendall
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Rowbotham, Sheila.
A Century of Women: the History of Women in Britain and the United States
(Viking, 1997).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 753pp. Order No. NSBK-C2138
Keywords: 0140279024, women's history, America, American, United States, USA, women, American Women's history, Britain, British
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Cooper, Davina.
Power in Struggle: Feminism, Sexuality and the State
(Open UP, 1995).
Paperback. Light fading to spine, minor pencil annotation, otherwise very good. viii + 182pp. Order No. NSBK-A14796
Keywords: 9780335192113, feminism, power, state, sexuality, poststructuralism, power relations
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Kaye, Michael.
Child Welfare Outside the School:
(Oliver and Boyd, 1937).
Hardback. Some brown soiling to cloth and rubbing to edges, otherwise good. viii + 245pp. Order No. NSBK-A13584
Keywords: B00112B870, inter-war, inter war, child welfare, social welfare, home, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing, family, poverty, social history, health, employment, unemployment, leisure, delinquency, slums, slum, fitness, children
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Debo, Angie.
A History of the Indians of the United States:
(Pimlico, rpt, 1995).
Paperback. Good. xiv + 450pp. Order No. NSBK-A2343
Keywords: 071265979X, Red Indians, Native Americans, America, United States, USA, American Indian, American Indians, Native American, Indian, Indians, braves, chiefs
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Thompson, Roger C.
The Pacific Basin since 1945: A History of the Foreign Relations of the Asian, Australasian and American Rim States and the Pacific Islands
(Longman, 1994).
Paperback. Very good. xiv + 353pp. Order No. NSBK-A6923
Keywords: 0582021278, foreign relations, Asian, Australasian, American, Pacific, politics, Rim States, Japan, Japanese, wars, history, world
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