Mackeith, Margaret.
Shopping Arcades: A Gazetteer of Extant British Arcades, 1817 - 1939
(Mansell Publishing, 1985).
Hardback. Some yellowing to boards, otherwise good+. viii + 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A13518
Keywords: 0720117585, architecture, shopping, shopping arcades, shopping malls, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, leisure, retail, retailing, social history, shops, architectural, shop design, consumerism, consumer, buying, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, twentieth century, inter-war
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Ereira, Alan.
The People's England:
(RKP, 1981).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. Newspaper review pasted to inner board. xviii + 285pp. Order No. NSBK-A11832
Keywords: 0710005962, social history, Alan Ereira, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, miners, factory, factories, factory system, shopkeepers, servants, working classes, workers
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Wood, Ethel M.
A History of the Polytechnic:
(Macdonald, 1965).
Hardback. Ex lib with usual library stamps, stickers and markings; some wear and marking to covers, a good working copy. 176pp. Order No. NSBK-A6602
Keywords: B0000CMIPY, history, Britain, British, England, English, polytechnics, education, adult education, students, colleges, social history, further education, higher education, tertiary
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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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Brittain, Vera.
Poems of the War and After:
(Victor Gollancz, first edition, 1934).
Ex-Wigan Free Public Library. A signed first edition copy. Inscription reads: 'With best wishes to Wigan, and Wigan Public Library from Vera Brittain. Wigan, December 7th, 1936'. Scarce, for the collector. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps.(Wigan Library). Cream cloth soiled, lacks spine cover, but contents firm, solid. Collectible though a working copy. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C16020
Keywords: Vera Brittain, First World War, Great War, poems, verse, poetry, signed, women, women's history, social history, grief, mourning, signed editions, first editions, first edition, World War I, Wigan, Wigan Free Public Library, Lancashire, interwar, inter war, 1930s, thirties, antiquarian, collectible, literature, women writers, pacifism, pacifists
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Walker, Stephen and Barton, Len, eds.
Gender, Class & Education:
(Falmer Press, 1983).
Paperback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, covers a little browned and spine faded, otherwise good+. xi + 235pp. Order No. NSBK-A14107
Keywords: 0905273419, gender, education, class, gender identity, teaching, social policy, schools, schooling, social classes, women's education, working classes, middle classes
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Macbain, ed, Alexander.
History of the Highland Clans:
(Eneas Mackay, 1900).
A good working copy. The second part of Skene's work. Hardback. Ex library with usual library markings. Some wear to edges. Spine damaged, (partly detached and revealing binding). Boards sl. loose. Contents firm. 175 - 427pp. Order No. NSBK-A15173
Keywords: B0008822GY, clans, Scots, Scottish, Scotland, history, highlanders, ancestry, social history, genealogy, Scottish Highlands
Price £88.00.
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Bell, E. Moberly.
Josephine Butler: Flame of Fire
(Constable, 1962).
Hardback. A little soiling to cloth and rubbing to edges, otherwise a good copy. 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C187
Keywords: B0000CLMAE, social reform, prostitution, women's history, Josephine Butler, social purity, Contagious Diseases Act, Victorian, nineteenth century, Ladies' National Association, Liverpool, Winchester, Henry Wilson, J.B. Stansfeld, W.T. Stead
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Riding, Jacqueline.
Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre
(Head of Zeus, 2018).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to title pages, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. 386pp. Order No. NSBK-A15731
Keywords: 9781786695840, Peterloo, Peterloo Massacre, social history, protest, Manchester
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Glass, D.V.
Numbering the People: the Eighteenth-Century Population Controversy and the Development of Census and Vital Statistics in Britain
(Saxon House, 1973).
Hardback. Blue cloth faded and lightly soiled, page edges lightly soiled, otherwise good. 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A1757
Keywords: 0347002005, population, social history, controversy, eighteenth century, demography, census, eighteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, mortality, fertility, births, deaths
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