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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Watts, John I.
The First Fifty Years of Brunner, Mond & Co, 1873 - 1923:
(Brunner, Mond & Co., 1923).
Hardback. Original boards slightly worn / rubbed, light soiling to spine, otherwise a good, solid copy. 106pp. Order No. NSBK-A14710
Keywords: B0000EEHSY, business, industry, Northwich, Brunner, Mond, soda, ammonia, salt, Cheshire, brine, companies, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, works, Winnington, Middlewich, Sandbach, workers, employment, chemical industry, chemicals
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White, Kevin.
The First Sexual Revolution: The Emergence of Male HeteroSexuality in Modern America
(New York UP, 1993).
Paperback. Fine. xii + 263pp. Order No. NSBK-A13136
Keywords: 0814792588, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, sexuality, homosexuality, gay history, New Man, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, twentieth century, masculinity, men, male
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Elwes, Richard.
First Poems:
(Hodder & Stoughton, rpt, 1941).
Hardback. Soiled / marked cream covers with gilt lettering, endpapers a little marked, otherwise good. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C6755
Keywords: B000P1QEHM, poems, poets, poetry, Richard Elwes, Second World War, World War II, World War Two, social history, Europe, European, Poland, Finland, sonnets, verses, wars, twentieth century, 1940s
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Clay, Henry.
The Post-War Unemployment Problem:
(Macmillan and Co, 1929).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good. x + 208pp. Order No. NSBK-A7184
Keywords: B00088OVSQ, post-war, unemployment, First World War, World War 1, World War I, World War One, work, industry, Britain, British, England, English, history, twentieth century, 20th, deflation, industries, public enterprise, employment, employers, employees, workers, labour, labor
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Buckley, V. C.
Good Times: At Home and Abroad Between the Wars
(Thames and Hudson, 1979).
With 197 illustrations. Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A5740
Keywords: 050027178X, wras, interwar, homes, abroad, leisure, entertainment, schooldays, schools, schooling, London, motors, motoring, pastimes, hobbies, dining, First World War, Great War, World War One, World War Two, World War Two, World War II, twentieth century, social history, Britain, British, England, English
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Brittain, Vera.
Born 1925: A Novel of Youth
(Virago, 1982).
Paperback. Good. 379pp. Order No. NSBK-C5942
Keywords: 0860682706, Vera Brittain, Adrian Cadbury, wars, warfare, Europe, European, Nazi Germany, German, pacifism, First World War, World War I. World War One, Great War, novels, novelists, women writers, woman writer, women's history, twentieth century, literature, literary, fiction, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Nagel, Paul C.
The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters
(OUP, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. viii + 310pp. Order No. NSBK-C12625
Keywords: 0195038746, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Shaw Peabody, Nabby Adams Smith, Louisa Catherine Adams, Abby Brown Brooks, Nancy Harrod, Mary Hellen, First Ladies, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender
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King, Peter.
Women Rule the Plot: The Story of the 100 Year Fight to Establish Women's Place in Farm and Garden
(Duckworth, 1999).
Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C5406
Keywords: 0715629492, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history, gardens, gardening, plots, unions, unionists, Women's Farm and Garden Union, earth, land, World War 1, World War One, Great War, wars, First World War, rural, country, countryside, agrarian, Lady Warwick, Gertrude Jekyll, Brend Colvin, Madeline Agar, suffrage, suffragettes, Women's Farm and Garden Association, associations, organisations, feminism, feminists, WFGA, Folly Farm, Highgrove, Chenies Manor, women and work, women's work, farming
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Proud, E. Dorothea.
Welfare Work: Employers' Experiments for Improving Working Conditions in Factories
(G. Bell, 3rd edition, 1918).
Foreword by David Lloyd-George. Hardback. Ex-library with usual library stamps and stickers. some wear to edges, otherwise good. xx + 368pp. Order No. NSBK-C6760
Keywords: B000856JQQ, welfare, Great War, First World War, World War I, workers, working, factory system, factories, working conditions, women and work, working women, David Lloyd-George, social experiments, history, Catherine Helen Spence, E. Dorothea Proud, pay, wages, economic, economy, industry, industrial, twentieth century, antiquarian, factory legislation, factory labour, factory girls, labor
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