Gash, Norman.
Aristocracy and People: Britain, 1815 - 1865
(Arnold, rpt, 1988).
Paperback. Spine creased, minor pencil annotation, otherwise good+. 376pp. Order No. NSBK-A7498
Keywords: 0713161604, Norman Gash, aristocracy, class, classes, nineteeth century, text books, Victorian, 19th century, history, politics, social change, industry, industrial, constitution, government, Britain, British, England, English
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Carver, Vida and Liddiard, Penny, eds.
An Ageing Population:
(Hodder & Stoughton, Open UP, 1978).
Paperback. Good. viii + 429pp. Order No. NSBK-A4272
Keywords: 0340233737, ageing, population, demography, demographic, demographics, social history, sociology, elderly, old age, family, families, community, welfare, communities, growing old, aged, care, care workers, health, old age pensioners, older people, Britain, British, England, English
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Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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Stewart, Angus, ed.
Contemporary Britain:
(RKP, 1983).
Paperback. Spine creased, covers edge worn, otherwise good. ix + 262pp. Order No. NSBK-A11311
Keywords: 071009406X, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, social welfare, twentieth century, 20th, politics, political, social, race relations, middle class
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Hollett, David.
The Pioneer Ramblers, 1850 - 1940:
(Ramblers' Association, North Wales Area, 2002).
Foreword by Nick Barrett. Paperback. New book, fine. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A6867
Keywords: 1901184544, Victorian, nineteenth century, history, social history, socialism, socialist, socialists, utopian, utopias, utopia, Robert Blatchford, Clarion Club, Clarion Movement, Clarion, Clarion Newspaper, Clarion Clubs, Clarion Fellowship, rambling clubs, ramblers, rambling club, exercise, hobbies, entertainment, working class, working classes, Britain, British, England, English, nature, natural, rambling, countryside, rambles, country, rural, North Wales Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Association, Ramblers' Clubs, Duke of Atholl, walking, walkers, Access, access, open spaces, commons, tramping, recreation, Clarion Ramblers, pedestrians, trespassers, trespass, holidays, holiday, FHA, Friendship Holidays Association, Holiday Fellowship, hiking, long distance walking, youth hostels, youth hostelling, Edwardian, twentieth century, Commons Preservation Society
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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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Davies, Emily.
The Higher Education of Women:
(Portrayer, 2002 facsimile reprint of 1866 edition).
A nicely-presented, good-value facsimile of this crucial text. Paperback. New book, fine. 191pp. Order No. NSBK-C6300
Keywords: 0954263294, Sarah Emily Davies, Emily Davies, education, social history, women's history, higher education, further education, adult education, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, facsimiles, Girton, Girton College, Cambridge, Oxbridge, undergraduates, careers, girls, woman suffrage, suffrage, suffragettes, Hitchin, Hitchin College, John Stuart Mill, women's careers, Higher Education of Women, female, woman, learning, pedagogy, teaching, teachers, teacher, universities, university education, educationalists, educationalist, pioneers, pioneer, rights for women, women's movement, women's rights, emancipation of women, professional women, training, enfranchisement, Victorian, nineteenth century, new title
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Colloms, Brenda.
Charles Kingsley: The Lion of Eversley
(Constable, 1975).
Hardback. Light foxing to dustwrapper and endpapers, otherwise very good. 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A9238
Keywords: 0094600201, Charles Kingsley, Eversley, men, biography, biographical life, history, lives, life histories, biographies, nineteenth century, Victorian, novels, fiction, poets, poetry, novelists, clergymen, social reformers, clergyman, Tories Radicals, Westward Ho, The Water Babies, Working Men's College, writers, literary, literature
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Harries-Jenkins, Gwyn.
The Army in Victorian Society:
(RKP, 1977).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Overall very good in dustwrapper. xi + 320pp. Order No. NSBK-A7247
Keywords: 0710084471, army, wars, warfare, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, history, England, English, military, soldiers, colonial, colonialists, Waterloo, officers, professionalism, professionals, fighting, social history, army ranks, 19th century
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Jones, Whitney R.D..
David Williams: The Anvil & the Hammer
(Wales UP, 1986).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. xviii + 266pp. Order No. NSBK-A202
Keywords: 0708309496, Wales, Welsh, David Williams, Whitney E. D. Jones, social history, Britain, British
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