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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Neale, Douglas.
Guide For Husbands and Wives or A Manual Of Wisdom:
(William Lovett, revised edition, 1938).
Paperback. Very good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A13675
Keywords: B00126A4I4, advice books, 1930s, thirties, husbands, wives, marriage, family, sex, birth control, family planning, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, family limitation, mothers, motherhood, maternity, contraception, contraceptives, inter-war, interwar, inter war, confinement, babies, health
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Eissler, M.
The Cyanide Process for the Extraction of Gold: And Its Practical Application on the Witwatersrand Gold Fields in South Africa
(Crosby Lockwood, 1895).
Hardback. Edges worn, some splitting internally at spine, front and back, otherwise good. 93 + 48 + 16pp. Order No. NSBK-A12665
Keywords: B0008A692U, cyanide, South Africa, Witwatersrand, gold, alchemical, alchemy, golden, extraction, gold mining
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Waldfogel, Jane.
Women Working for Less: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Family Gap
(STICERD, 1993).
A discussion paper. Paperback. Biro annotation on front cover, otherwise very good. 61pp. Order No. NSBK-C10415
Keywords: B000HBZR3C, women, women's work, women and work, gender, family, families, economy, economics, wages, pay, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Vallely, Bernadette.
What Women Want: The Campaign for Social and Political Change
(Virago, 1996).
Paperback. Fine. xxx + 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C11350
Keywords: 1860491731, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, feminism, feminists, twentieth century, 20th, politics, political, politicians, government
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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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Normann, Roderick de.
For Fuhrer and Fatherland: SS Muder and Mayhem in Wartime Britain
(Wrens Park, rpt., 1998).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper with sticker mark. vii + 182pp. Order No. NSBK-A12580
Keywords: 0905778197, Fuhrer, Nazis, Germans, Germany, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, World War Two, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th Century, SS, murders, mayhem, crimes, criminals
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Costello, Neil and Richardson, Michael, eds.
Continuing Education for the Post-Industrial Society:
(The Open University Press, 1982).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 146pp. Order No. NSBK-A11113
Keywords: 0335101860, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, adult education, twentieth century, 20th
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Murphy, J.T.
Preparing for Power: a Critical study of the History of the British Working-Class Movement
(Pluto Press, 1934).
Paperback. Some darkening and creasing to covers, otherwise very good. 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A15885
Keywords: B008GMO4Y2, labour, labor, working classes, politics, trade unions, communism, trade unionsim
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Floud, Roderick.
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians:
(Methuen, 1973).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers in slightly faded, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A9279
Keywords: 0416125506, quantitative, statistics, historical method, methodology, data, theory
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