Hill, Octavia.
Our Common Land:
(Macmillan, 1877).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, some wear to spine, spine ends, edges and corners. Cloth a little marked / rubbed -else good / solid. vi + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-C6431
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Poor Law Commissioners, .
Reports of Special Assistant Poor Law Commissioners: on the Employment of Women and Children in Agriculture, 1843
(Frank Cass, 1968 impression of 1843 text).
Hardback. Some pencil annotation mainly to endpapers, front endpaper has small piece cut-out, otherwise good+, a solid copy. 378pp. Order No. NSBK-C15750
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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
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Burn, James Dawson.
The Autobiography of a Beggar Boy:
(Europa Publications, 1978).
Edited by David Vincent. Hardback. Good in slightly creased / torn / browned dustwrapper. v + 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A2992
Keywords: 090511826X, poverty, nineteenth-century, working-class autobiographies, autobiography, beggars, trade unionism, radicalism, Oddfellows movement, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Leffingwell, Albert.
Illegitimacy and the Influence of Seasons Upon Conduct: Two Studies in Demography
(Swan Sonnenschein, 1892).
With maps and diagrams. Scarce. Hardback. Original red cloth darkened / soiled / stained, some wear to spine ends & corners, one map partly detached - otherwise good. viii + 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C10974
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Thompson, E.P. and Yeo, Eileen.
The Unknown Mayhew: Selections from the "Morning Chronicle" 1849 - 50
(Penguin, rpt, 1984).
Paperback. Light creasing to spine, covers slightly yellowed. Newspaper review pasted to inside of cover, else good. 592pp. Order No. NSBK-A14943
Keywords: 0140432302, Henry Mayhew, Morning Chronicle, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, social investigations, poor, poverty, London, working class, working-class, classes, trades
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Stringer, Peter and Robinson, Gillian, eds.
Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: First Report, 1990-1991
(The Blackstaff Press, 1991).
Paperback. One corner of front cover slightly bent, otherwise very good. viii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A10367
Keywords: 0856404772, Northern Ireland, Irish, social attitudes, society, sociology, Britain, British, British Social Attitudes survey, classes, twentieth century, 20th, national identity, law and order, discrimination, role of women, poverty, morality, AIDS
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Fawcett, Henry and Millicent Garrett.
The Works of Henry and Millicent Fawcett, 1863-1924:
(Thoemmes Press, 1995 facsimile rpt of the 1878 edition).
Complete in 8 volumes, as follows: Free Trade and Protection; Pauperism; The Economic Position of the British Labourer; Manual of Political Economy; Tales in Political Economy; Political Economy for Beginners; What I Remember; Essays and Lectures. Hardbacks. Near fine. 2363pp. Order No. NSBK-C7544
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Carpenter, J. Estlin.
The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter:
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, 1881).
Hardback. Original cloth with spine ends and corners worn. Spine sunned, otherwise a very good, solid copy. xiv + 391pp. Order No. NSBK-A13865
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Showler, Brian & Sinfield, Adrian, eds.
The Workless State: Studies in Unemployment
(Martin Robertson, 1981).
Foreword by Peter Townsend. Paperback. Spine creased, light soiling to edges, otherwise good. xvii + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-A6512
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