Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Hassey, Janette.
No Time for Science: Evangelical Women in Public Ministry Around the Turn of the Century
(Academie Books, 1986).
Paperback. Very good. xv + 254pp. Order No. NSBK-C15473
Keywords: 0310294517, evangelical, religion, religious, women, woman, ministers, ministry, science, scientific, divinity, history, Bible, biblical
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Moss, Les.
Live and Learn: A Life and Struggle for Progress
(QueenSpark Books, 1979).
Paperback. Good. 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A12911
Keywords: 0904733068, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Les Moss, Queenspark
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McKenna, Paul.
Stop Smoking for Good:
(Paul McKenna Productions).
Audio Cassette. Audio Cassette. New, in cellophane. pp. Order No. NSBK-A15813
Keywords: 9780952330806, smoking, Paul McKenna, how to stop smoking, hypnosis
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Best, Muriel and Lugg, Vicky.
Design Sources for Embroidery:
(Batsford, 1988).
Hardback. Good+ in slightly edge-worn dustwrapper. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-A13928
Keywords: 071345573X, embroidery, design, sewing, needlework, collage, textiles
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Zinn, Maxine Baca & Dill, Bonnie Thornton, eds.
Women of Color in U.S. Society:
(Temple UP, 1994).
Women In The Political Economy. Paperback. A little browning to covers, page edges lightly soiled, otherwise very good. xv + 339pp. Order No. NSBK-C15892
Keywords: 9781566391061, black women, America, American, USA, history, Women In The Political Economy, ethnicity
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Orr, Emily C.
Our Working Boys: Suggestions for Their Teachers
(SPCK, 1900).
Hardback. Boards and spine worn, internally good. 128 + 8pp. Order No. NSBK-A11911
Keywords: B000HC7CKM, SPCK, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, 20th, boys, working boys, Emily C. Orr, work
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Floud, Roderick.
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians:
(Methuen, 2nd edit., rpt, 1983).
Paperback. A little waviness to spine area, otherwise good condition. ix + 237pp. Order No. NSBK-A743
Keywords: 0416716709, quantitative, statistics, historical method, methodology, data, theory
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Nevin, Donal, editor.
Trade Unions and Change in Irish Society:
(Mercier, 1980).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-A14356
Keywords: 0853426163, trade unions, Irish, Ireland, trade unionism, disputes, history, industry
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Burke, Peter, ed.
Economy and Society in Early Modern Europe: Essays from Annales
(RKP, 1972).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly faded dustwrapper. 169pp. Order No. NSBK-B3288
Keywords: 0710070918, annales, price revolution, economy, economic, Europe, European history, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, Hungary, Belgium
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