Symes, Ruth A.
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past
(Pen and Sword, 2015).
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family in the past were subtly different to those of today and continually transforming. This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family. What did it mean to be a father in this period, but also, how might you discover the father of an ancestor if his name is not mentioned on the birth certificate? What common ideas were held about the role of wives and mothers, but also, how were multiple births, stillbirths, abortions and infanticides dealt with in the records? What factors might have influenced the size of your ancestor's family, but also why were its children named as they were? Did pecking order in a family matter, but also, was it legal to marry a cousin, or the sister of a deceased wife? How long could people expect to live, but also what records can tell you more about the circumstances of your ancestors' last years? A final chapter considers relationships with neighbours, friends and club associates. Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C15530
Keywords: 9781473833883, family relationships, family trees, geneaology, geneaological, social history, ancestors, tracing ancestors, fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, women, welfare state, infants, clubs, grandparents
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Christophers, Ann.
An Index to Nineteenth Century British Educational Biography:
(Univ London Inst of Education, 1965).
Education Libraries Bulletin, Supplement 10. Paperback. Very good. 88pp. Order No. NSBK-A13504
Keywords: 0900008067, Education Libraries Bulletin, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, indexes, index
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Hawkins, Angus & Powell, John, eds.
The Journal of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley for 1862-1902:
(CUP for Royal Hist. Soc., 1997).
Camden 5th series, vol 9. Hardback. Very good. xxii + 530pp. Order No. NSBK-A1936
Keywords: 0521623286, John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Ward, J.T. & Wilson, R.G., eds.
Land and Industry: The Landed Estate and the Industrial Revolution
(David and Charles, 1971).
Hardback. Minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise very good in lightly soiled dustwrapper. 280pp. Order No. NSBK-A2966
Keywords: 0715353039, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Glasgow, land, mining, industry, Industrial Revolution, landowning, merchant, landowner, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Proctor, Richard.
Watched by the Dead: A Loving Study Of Charles Dickens' Half Told Tale
(W. H. Allen, 1887).
Hardback. Attractive pictorial front board. Boards soiled and worn at edges. Pages 67 to 78 partly detached, ex-library. Spine repaired with thick brown library tape. A good working copy. viii + 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A14554
Keywords: B000NYCCMW, Charles Dickens, Richard Proctor, Victorian literature, 19th century, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, nineteenth century
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Keating, Peter, ed.
Into Unknown England, 1866-1913: Selections from the Social Explorers
(Fontana, 1976).
Paperback. Very good. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-A284
Keywords: B01FIXWHZ4, 0006336299, Britain, British, slums, slum, England, English, history, social explorer, Charles Booth, George R. Sims, London, philanthropy, B. S. Rowntree, nineteenth century, Edwardian, Andrew Mearns, 0719006511
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Swindells, Julia, ed.
The Uses Of Autobiography:
(Taylor and Francis, 1995).
Gender and Society: Feminist Perspectives on the Past and Present. Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. ix + 227pp. Order No. NSBK-A15614
Keywords: 9780748403653, autobiography, self history, life history, life histories, lives, memoirs, Ruth Symes, Ruth A. Symes, Julia Swindells, women, Africa, USA, Middle East, France, New Zealand, Britain, autobiographers, life writing, Catharine Cappe
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Aisenberg, Nadya and Harrington, Mona.
Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove
(Massachusetts UP, 1988).
Paperback. Cover slightly soiled, otherwise good. xii + 207pp. Order No. NSBK-C12761
Keywords: 0870236067, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, , women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe
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Rhodes, Mary.
Needlepoint: The Art of Canvas Embroidery
(Cathay Books, 1974).
Hardback. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise good in slightly worn dustwrapper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-J12958
Keywords: 0861782054, needlepoint, canvas, embroidery, embroiderers, sewing, needlework, needlepoint, craft, canvas, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Miles, Caroline.
Lancashire Textiles: a Case Study of Industrial Change
(CUP, 1968).
National Institute of Economic and Social Research. Paperback. Slight browing to covers and wear to spine edges, otherwise good+. x + 124pp. Order No. NSBK-A13321
Keywords: 0521072867, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Lancashire, mills, textiles, textile, cotton, history, textile industry, cotton, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, North West, 1940s, 1950s, post war, post-war
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