Shorter, E.
The Making of the Modern Family:
(Collins, rpt, 1976).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. xiv + 369pp. Order No. NSBK-C436
Keywords: 0002115425, family, domesticity, motherhood, fatherhood, parenthood, families, history, kinship, kin
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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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Peace, Helen F.
The Pretended Family: A Study of Domestic Labour in Lesbian Families
(Leicester UP, June 1993).
Discussion Papers in Sociology, NoS93/3. Paperback. Covers slightly creased, otherwise good+. 45pp. Order No. NSBK-C11406
Keywords: women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, lesbians, lesbianism, sexuality, homosexuality, family, families, domestic labour, housework, roles, sociology, sociologists
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Roberts, Elizabeth.
A Woman's Place: an Oral History of Working-Class Women, 1890-1940
(Blackwell, reissue, 1985).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. vii + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4152
Keywords: 0631147543, oral history, Elizabeth Roberts, Lancaster, Barrow, Preston, working class, working classes, family, marriage, work, leisure, motherhood, mothers, neighbourhood, North West, Northern, England, British, Britain, English, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Edwardian
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Tilly, Louise A.& Scott, Joan W.
Women, Work and Family:
(Routledge, rpt, 1989).
Paperback. Covers soiled, a little wear to corners, otherwise good. 274pp. Order No. NSBK-C1249
Keywords: 0415902622, women, work, family, families, history, Joan W. Scott, Louise A. Tilly, economy, wage economy, living wage, economic conditions, France, French, Britain, British, England, English, industrialisation, industrialization, pre-industrial, Industrial Revolution, work, industry, women and work
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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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Barnes, H. Gorell and Montmorency, J. E. G. de.
The Divorce Commission: The Majority and Minority Reports Summarised, with Appendices on the History of Divorce; Foreign and Colonial Divorce Laws; Proposed Divorce Circuits in England and Wales; Names of Women after Divorce
(P. S. King, 1912).
Prefaces by Guthrie and Dibdin. Hardback. Ex-library with usual library stamps and stickers, some wear to edges, otherwise good. xvi + 95pp. Order No. NSBK-A13882
Keywords: B000WFGD0O, divorce, marriage, break-down of marriage, Divorce Commission, reports, social history, divorce circuits, legal, law, family, twentieth century
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Smith, Anne.
Women Remember: an Oral History
(Routledge, 1989).
Hardback. With newspaper cuttings pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4236
Keywords: 0415033306, women, oral history, history, memories, autobiography, autobiographies, memories, memory, life history, life histories, Britain, British, England, English, family, interview, interviews, twentieth century
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Harris, C.C.
The Family and Industrial Society:
(George Allen and Unwin, 2nd impress., 1984).
Studies in Sociology:13. Paperback. Spine creased, some ink annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise good. xi + 260pp. Order No. NSBK-A9401
Keywords: 004301156X, family, families, industrial, industry, sociology, kinship, child, children, household, statistics, marriage, Britain, British, England, English, history, population, demography
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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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