Rothman, Sheila M.
Woman's Proper Place: A History of Changing Ideals and Practices, 1870 to the Present
(Basic Books Inc).
Hardback. Very good+ in slightly torn dustwrapper. xiv + 322pp. Order No. NSBK-C12563
Keywords: 0465092039, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, domestic, domesticity, homes, housewife, housewifery, houses, roles
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Barnard, Mary.
Diary of an Optimist:
(The Larks Press, rpt., 1997).
Paperback. Very good+. 190pp. Order No. NSBK-C10352
Keywords: 0948400323, Mary Barnard, women, woman, women's studies, women's history, children, motherhood, mothers, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, home helps, rationing, food, clothing, shortages, teachers, education, counsellors, magistrates, journalists
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Partington, Jim.
The Two-Up and Two-Downer (With a Taste for Honey): the Crowded Life of a Lancashire Lad
(Fabians Publishers, 1972).
Autobiography. Leftist reminiscences of self-made Lancashire man, born 1908, dedicated to Lord Brockway of ILP. "I attended meetings in Bradford [where] he showed me the Political Path I should follow. Although I have devoted much of my life to the acquisition of material possessions, I have never deviated from his Philosophy". Hardback. Very good in slightly worn and slightly chipped dustwrapper. xiv + 257pp. Order No. NSBK-A1550
Keywords: B000HBVSLC, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Lancashire, lads, boys, homes, houses, terraces, twentieth century, 20th, Jim Partington, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
Price £6.00.
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Field, Jean.
She Dyed About Midnight: The Story of Landor House, Eastgate and the Cottages in Smith Street, Warwick
(Brewin Books, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in slightly dented dustwrapper. viii + 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C7119
Keywords: 1858580005, Landor, Ann Johnson, dyed, died, Warwick, Warwickshire, Jean Field, houses, homes, schools, schooling, Eastgate, Britain, British, England, English, Eleanor Doorly, The King's High School, cottages, Smith Street, Early Modern, nineteenth century, eighteenth century, seventeenth century, sixteenth century, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, education, educational
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Simpson, M. A. and Lloyd, T. H., eds.
Middle Class Housing in Britain:
(David and Charles, Archon Books, 1977).
Hardback. Very good in slightly faded, slightly chipped dustwrapper. 217pp. Order No. NSBK-A14055
Keywords: B000VZXQGY, middle class, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing, classes, class system, houses, homes, architecture, city, cities, towns, social conditions, Exeter, Glasgow, Hampstead, Royal Leamington Spa, Nottingham, Sheffield
Price £17.99.
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Peterson, M. Jeanne.
Family, Love and Work in the Lives of Victorian Gentlewomen:
(Indiana UP, 1989).
Paperback. Spine browned, with a newspaper review pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good. xii + 241pp. Order No. NSBK-C4229
Keywords: 0253205093, family, love, work, Victorian, women, gentlewomen, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, middle class, middle classes, upper-middle-classes, class, private sphere, public sphere, separate spheres, leisure, leisured classes, home, domesticity, gender, wife, wives, M. Jeanne Peterson, marriage, marriages, wedlock
Price £12.50.
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Stodart, M.A.
Every Day Duties: in Letters to a Young Lady
(Photocopy only of R.B. Seeley edition, 1840).
Hardback. Library photocopy only, not an original. In good, sturdy, maroon library binding, a little scuffed at the back. xiii + 232pp. Order No. NSBK-A13755
Keywords: B0008CKDZC, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, femininity, feminine, advice books, prayer, women's history, religion, private sphere, domesticity, politeness, manners, home, Sabbath, household, servants, social history, etiquette, religious
Price £29.00.
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Horsfield, Margaret.
Biting the Dust: The Joys of Housework
(Fourth Estate, 1998).
Paperback. Fading to spine, light edge-wear, otherwise very good. xi + 292pp. Order No. NSBK-C6189
Keywords: 1857026756, domestic, domesticity, women and work, women's work, woman, women's history, housewives, housewife, housewifery, homemaking, homemaker, houses, home, household, chores, housemaids, Mrs Beeton, cleanliness, cleaning, Hannah Cullwick, Cleanliness Institute, cleaners, flappers, dusting
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Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs, General Eisenhower.
Report on Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force: 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945
(HMSO, 1946).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps in soiled library binding, a good working copy. x + 149pp. Order No. NSBK-A14900
Keywords: B0010ZJ70S, Allied Expeditionary Force, Europe, Second World War, World War II, Second Front, Seine, Rhine, Ruhr, German surrender, victory, fighting, history
Price £22.00.
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Gregson, Nicky & Lowe, Michelle.
Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Labour in Contemporary Britain
(Routledge, 1994).
Paperback. Fine. viii + 327pp. Order No. NSBK-A1431
Keywords: 0415085314, domestic labour, class, gender, Britain, British, England, English, middle class, middle classes, wages, nanny, nannies, servants, servant, maid servants, maid servants, cleaners, cleaner, home helps, gender relations, class, sociology, women, women and work
Price £12.00.
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