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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Dundee Municipal Statutes, .
Dundee Municipal Statutes: Being Acts of Parliament Administered by the Corporation of Dundee Relating to The Town Council as Such, and also as Coming in Place of the Commissioners of Police; and Including Recent Amendment of Acts (Separately Printed) of Dundee Gas and Dundee Water Commissioners, 1872-1898
(Winter, Duncan & Co, n.d).
Hardback. Spine ends and corners slightly worn, slight bubbling to cloth, otherwise very good. 471pp. Order No. NSBK-A5663
Keywords: B001EVRYBW, Dundee, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, history, Britain, British, towns, cities, city, Corporation, Acts of Parliament, government, local government, political, politics, statutes, gas, water, commissioners, public health, municipal facilities, urban, laws, legal, police, policemen, Victorian, nineteenth century, municipal corporations, Dundee Municipal Statutes
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Lytton, Constance.
Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences
(Virago, rpt, 1988).
The stirring testimony of a Suffragette. With an introduction by Midge McKenzie. Paperback. Light soiling to front covers, otherwise good+. xiv + 337pp. Order No. NSBK-C1841
Keywords: 0860686825, Votes for Women, suffrage, suffragettes, women's history, woman suffrage, Edwardian, prisons, prison, Constance Lytton, Jane Warton, twentieth century, politics, women's rights, Britain, British, England, English, women's movement, cells, gaols, police, crime, law and order, protest, Holloway, Walton
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Holland, Bernard.
The Fall of Protection, 1840-1850:
(Porcupine, rpt, 1980).
Hardback. Very good. x + 372pp. Order No. NSBK-A3934
Keywords: 0879918578, protection, Britian, British, history, England, English, Victorian, Robert Peel, the Hungry Forties, protectionism, protectionists, corn law, corn laws, Condition of England
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
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Wilson, Colin.
World Famous Gaslight Murder:
(Magpie Books, 1992).
Written with Damon and Rowan Wilson. Paperback. Covers creased, otherwise good. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-A5730
Keywords: 1854871536, gaslight murder, killing, police, policeman, policemen, Ratcliffe Highway Murders, John Paul Forster, Anna Zwanziger, Professor Webster, Bender, Charley Ross, railways, Australia, America, detectives, fingerprints, fingerprinting, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, crime, criminals, laws, legal
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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
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Anon, .
Enumeration and Parish Registers, 1811: Abstract of the Answers and Returns made Pursuant to an Act, Passed in the Fifty-first Year of His Majesty King George III. An Act for Taking Into Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution Thereof
(House of Commons, 1812).
Preliminary Observations, Enumeration Abstract, Parish-Register Abstract. Hardback. Outsized book, front and back boards loose / detached and rather worn / battered (poor), lacking spine cover. A few rear pages loose also. A good working copy. xxxi + 511 + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-A11784
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Hijab, Nadia.
Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work
(CUP, rpt, 1989).
Paperback. Very good. xiv + 176pp. Order No. NSBK-C4379
Keywords: 052126992X, Arab, Arabs, Arabian, women, Arab countries, Arab laws, Middle East, Middle Eastern, Arabian laws, Nadia Hijab, women and work, work, family, families, workforce, work force, status, Jordan, Jordanian, Arab Gulf, gender, Arab Gulf states, working women, Islam, Islamic, Moslem, Muslim
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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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