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
Price £13.99.
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Wrigley, C.J., ed.
The Working Classes in the Victorian Age: Debates on the Issue from 19th Century Critical Journals
(Gregg International, 1973).
4 volumes: Vol 1: Political Economy and Whig Reforms 1815-1937; Vol II Urban Conditions, 1839-1848; Vol III Urban Conditions, 1848-1868; Vol IV Rural Conditions, 1815-1870. Hardbacks. Very good in slightly chipped, slightly worn dustwrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-A928
Keywords: 0576532568, working class, Victorian, class, rural, social reform, countryside, Chris Wrigley, history
Price £60.00.
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Oakley, Ann.
Overheads:
(Flamingo, 1999).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. 280pp. Order No. NSBK-C12498
Keywords: 0002257912, Ann Oakley, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, novels, literature, literary, novelists, fiction, writers, writing, authors
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Fudge, Dorothy.
Sands of Time: the Autobiography of a Dorset Woman
(Word & Action, new edition, 1981).
Memories of life in Sherborne, Dorset. Booklet. Covers soiled, otherwise good. 39pp. Order No. NSBK-C15864
Keywords: 9780904939279, booklets, women's history, Dorset, autobiography, autobiographies, Sherborne, maids, domestic work, service, in service, childcare, social history, Castleton
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