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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Slater, Catherine Ponton.
Margaret Pow in Foreign Parts:
(Hodder and Stoughton, 1913).
Margaret Pow in Foreign Parts. Hardback. Corners rubbed otherwise very good and bright. 123pp. Order No. NSBK-C4929
Keywords: B000HBXQQM, Catherine Ponton Slater, Margaret Pow, women's history, woman's history, twentieth century, Edwardian, travellers, travelers, travel, woman traveler, woman traveller, English, England, Britrain, British, history, Scots Pictorial, France, Paris, Rome, Italy, Europe, European, Florence, Roman, Firenze, venice, Venezia, Grenoble, letters, epistolary, correspondence, woman writer, women writers, London, Bloomsbury, Square
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Ward, J.T.
Chartism:
(B. T. Batsford, 1973).
Paperback. Page edges and covers soiled, spine creased, a good working copy. 286pp. Order No. NSBK-A9633
Keywords: 0713413840, Chartism, Chartists, Victorian, radical, left, politics, political, working classes, working-class, working-class, Britain, British, England, English, history, Chartist movement
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Fairless, Michael.
The Grey Brethren:
(Duckworth, 1905).
Hardback. Small splash on front board, light foxing, otherwise very good. x + 147pp. Order No. NSBK-C3628
Keywords: B000HBYTKE, women, literature, history, Michael Fairless, women writers, Edwardian
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Lovell, Terry.
Consuming Fiction:
(Verso, 1987).
Questions for Feminism. Paperback. Very good. 188pp. Order No. NSBK-C13810
Keywords: 0860918858, consuming fiction, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, literature, fiction, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, eighteenth century, 18th
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Ions, Edmund.
James Bryce and American Democracy, 1870 - 1922:
(Macmillan, 1968).
Hardback. Very good in soiled dustwrapper. 339pp. Order No. NSBK-A15891
Keywords: 9780333097878, James Bryce, American democracy, USA, history, America, politics, political
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Havins, Peter J. Neville.
The Spas of England:
(Robert Hale, 1976).
Hardback. Very good in very slightly chipped dustwrapper. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A12051
Keywords: 0709152647, spas, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, towns, cities, city, water, health, public health
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Stocks, Mary.
My Commonplace Book: an Autobiography
(Peter Davies, rpt, 1970).
Women's suffrage; the welfare state; the L.S.E.; adult education; the Great Depression in Manchester; social work in London; a variety of government assignments. Hardback. Very good in soiled, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C779
Keywords: 0432157506, suffrage, suffragette, women's rights, L.S.E., the Great Depression, adult education, Manchester, London, social work, welfare state, England, Britain, history, English, British
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Yonge, Charlotte.
The Clever Woman of the Family:
(Macmillan, 4th edition, 1875).
Hardback. Very good in worn leather boards. viii + 437pp. Order No. NSBK-C13692
Keywords: B00085IDW4, Charlotte Yonge, The Clever Woman of teh Family, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, literature, fiction, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Darcy, C.P.
The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860:
(Chetham Society, 1976).
Merchants and manufacturers, who, spurred on by ideas of community prestige and the moral value of art, collected paintings and sculpture. Hardback. Good in torn, tea-stained dustwrapper. 180pp. Order No. NSBK-A1113
Keywords: 0719013305, Britain, British, England, English, history, fine arts, Lancashire, sculpture, paintings, eighteenth century, nineteenth century
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