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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Ruth, Sheila.
Issues in Feminism: A First Course in Women's Studies
(Houghton Mifflin, rpt., 1964).
Foreword by Sheila Tobias. Paperback. Covers slightly chipped, otherwise very good. xii + 593pp. Order No. NSBK-C9967
Keywords: 0395286913, women's studies, women, woman, women's history, women, woman, feminism, feminists, history of ideas, gender, sexuality, patriarchy
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Ormsby, Waterman L.
The Butterfield Overland Mail: Only Through Passenger on the First Westbound Stage
(Huntington, rpt, 1991).
Paperback. Light edge-wear, otherwise very good. xv + 179pp. Order No. NSBK-A14935
Keywords: 0873280954, history, USA, America, United States of America, Overland Mail Company, travel, adventure, American West, journalism
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George, Vic and Miller, Stewart.
Social Policy Towards 2000: Squaring the Welfare Circle
(Routledge, rpt., 1997).
Paperback. Fine. vii + 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C12472
Keywords: 0415087074, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, sociology, welfare, twentieth century, 20th, social policy, welfare state
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Supervisory Committee Warblington Cmtee, .
The Warblington Experiment in Closed-Circuit Television, 1962-1965:
(Supevisory Committee Warb Ex, 1965).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, covers faded, otherwise good. 115pp. Order No. NSBK-A11177
Keywords: B000HC1N3O, television, TV, media, closed-circuit television, technology, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th
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Hopkins, Edward J.
The Organ: its History and Construction. A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure & Capabilities of the Organ, with Specifications and Suggestive Details for Instruments of all Sizes. Intended as a Handbook for the Organist and the Amateur. Preceded by an Entirely New History of the Organ by Edward F. Rimbault
(Robert Cocks and Co, 3rd edition, 1877).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers in soiled library binding. Binding repaired inside, to strengthen it.Small tear to fold-out plan of organ. A good, firm working copy. xxxi + 636pp. Order No. NSBK-A14237
Keywords: B0006AEBFE, instruments, musical instruments, organ, organs, history, construction, organists, keyboards, church music, organ-building
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Martin, T. J., ed.
Liverpool Corporation Tramways 1897 - 1937:
(Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, 1973).
Booklet. Paperback. Light edge wear, otherwise good+. pp. Order No. NSBK-A14886
Keywords: B0016SQHOI, Liverpool, Merseyside, trams, tramways, corporation tramways, transport, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Edwardian, twentieth century, inter-war, inter war, booklets, booklet
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Macmillan, Hugh.
Roman Mosaics or Studies in Rome and its Neighbourhood:
(Macmillan, 1892).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library markings. Blue boards soiled / darkened with some wear to corners, and spine ends. Otherwise, a good solid copy. xv + 397pp. Order No. NSBK-A14440
Keywords: B002FZXMUI, ancient, Rome, Roman, mosaics, history, Egyptian, marbles, ancient world, Vatican
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Goldie, Sue M.
Florence Nightingale: Letters from the Crimea, 1854 - 1856
(Mandolin, 1997).
Paperback. Small biro mark to front cover, light soiling to rear, otherwise very good. xi + 326pp. Order No. NSBK-C2565
Keywords: 190134102X, Crimean War, nurses, nursing, Florence Nightingale, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, nineteenth century, nurse, medical, medicine, health
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Pearson, R.A.
The Guardian Book of the Welfare State:
(Wildwood House, 1988).
Hardback. Very good in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. xiv + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-A7656
Keywords: 0704530848, 20th, twentieth century, welfare state, social history, social welfare, poor, poverty, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, debates, housing, education, health, social security, health, post-war, post war
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