Phillips, Janet and Peter.
Victorians at Home and Away:
(Croom Helm, 1978).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A8407
Keywords: 0856646881, Victorians, England, English, Britain, British, nineteenth century, 19th, Crystal Palace, Christian Soldiers, music, queens, royalty, monarchs, Queen Victoria, businessmen, professionals, shopkeepers, manners, fashions, women, the poor, poverty, soldiers, soccer, racing, cricket, public schools, missionary, missionaries
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Perry, Matt.
Prisoners of Want: The Experience and Protest of the Unemployed in France, 1931-45 (Studies in Labour History)
(Ashgate, 2007).
Hardback. Very good. xiv + 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A15276
Keywords: 9780754656074, employment, labour, unemployment, France, French, history, poor, protest, Lille to Paris Hunger March, unemployed, interwar
Price £35.00.
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Thompson, Thea.
Edwardian Childhoods:
(RKP, reprint, 1982).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers and a little waviness to a few pages, otherwise good. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A6236
Keywords: 0710093357, child, children, Edwardian, infancy, family, Britain, British, England, English, history, childhood, reminiscences, memories, memory, autobiographies, autobiography, autobiographical, class, povert, poor, paupers, working class, working classes, lower orders
Price £5.50.
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Finnegan, Frances.
Poverty and Prostitution: a Study of Victorian Prostitutes in York
(CUP, 1979).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, cloth rubbed & faded, otherwise good. x + 231pp. Order No. NSBK-C2420
Keywords: 0521224470, prostitution, Victorian, York, Yorkshire, history, Josephine Butler, poverty, prostitutes, Britain, British, history, English, England, poor, prostitute, brothel, brothels, fallen women, whores, sexuality, crime, criminals, working women, rescue work, philanthropy, York Penitentiary, drink, drinking, alcohol
Price £27.95.
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Walker, Martyn A.
Examinations for the Underprivileged in Victorian Times: the Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
(William Shipley Group for RSA History, 2008).
WSG Research Paper 1. Paperback. Fine. 68pp. Order No. NSBK-A14127
Keywords: B001P4AQIQ, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, history, education, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, William Shipley Group for RSA History, poor, poverty, adult education, working classes, working men, working class education, self-improvement, literacy, illiteracy, self improvement, class, mechanics' institutions
Price £10.50.
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Thornton, William T.
Over-Population and its Remedy: an Inquiry into the Distress Prevailing Among the Labouring Classes of the British Islands and into the Means of Remedying It
(Irish University Press, 1971 rpt of 1846 edition).
Hardback. Very good. xi + 446pp. Order No. NSBK-A5918
Keywords: 9780716517511, over-population, population, demography, demographic, labour, labor, laboring classes, labouring classes, laborers, labourers, Britain, British, England, English, history, poor, pauperism, poor laws, Malthus, Malthusian, Victorian, nineteenth century, economic, economic, resources, working classes
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Manton, Jo.
Mary Carpenter and the Children of the Streets:
(Heinemann, 1976).
Hardback. Very good in slightly yellowed dustwrapper creased at edges. 268pp. Order No. NSBK-C13437
Keywords: 9780435325695, children, childhood, Mary Carpenter, streets, poverty, poor, crime, criminals, child abuse, juvenile delinquency, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, beggars, begging, prisons, Bristol, India
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Simon, E.D.
The Anti-Slum Campaign:
(Longmans, 2nd Impression, 1933).
Very scarce. Hardback. Cloth sun faded and worn at edges, internally good. viii + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-A4069
Keywords: B000KYQ3D4, Manchester, slums, anti-slum campaign, housing, cities, urban history, North West, England, English, Britain, British, Addison Act, rents, Greenwood Act, town planning, urbanisation, conurbation, dwellings, houses, building, city, local government, local authorities, Chamberlain Act, Wheatley Act, Hilton Young Acts, slum clearance, housing shortage, tenants, Homes for Heroes, Simons, E.D. Simon, Ernest Simon, poverty, poor
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Mallock, W.H.
The Nation as a Business Firm: An Attempt to Cut a Path Through the Jungle
(Adam and Charles Black, 1910).
Hardback. Boards heavily worn but internally good. xi + 268pp. Order No. NSBK-A13090
Keywords: B000KWX9VK, business, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th, economy, economics, economic, finances, financial, poor, class, classes, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Fraser, Derek.
The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy Since the Industrial Revolution
(Macmillan, Second edit., rpt, 1985).
Paperback. Spine creased, edges soiled. Minor annotation, a good working copy. xxxii + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-A4420
Keywords: 0333359992, Britain, British, Welfare State, history, social policy, Industrial Revolution, factory, factories, Poor Law, public health, education, laissez-faire, state intervention, poverty, poor, war, warfare
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