Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
Price £6.00.
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Hunter, Guy.
Modernizing Peasant Societies: A Comparative Study in Asia and Africa
(OUP, 1969).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, edges rubbed, otherwise good. x + 324pp. Order No. NSBK-A8461
Keywords: 0192181831, peasants, peasant societies, society, Asia, Africa, Asian, African, poverty, poor, agriculture, agricultural, land, Tanzanian, education, educational, schools, schooling
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Anon, .
Life at the Cape A Hundred Years Ago:
(Centaur (Pty) Ltd, 1983).
With contemporary illustrations selected from the work of Thomas Bowler. Covers the years 1861-2 in a series of vignettes which first appeared in the Cape Monthly magazine. Chapters include first impressions of people and scenery, Camps Bay, excursion on Table Mountain, Christmas festivities at Wynberg and Newlands, hospitality at Constantia, a picnic at Kalk Bay, a State Ball, Stellenbosch, Wellington and the Paarl. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly worn dustwrapper. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-C3900
Keywords: 0908379471, Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain, autobiographies, autobiography, women, woman, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia, Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl, Berg River
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Ndambuki, Berida and Robertson, Claire C.
We Only Come Here to Struggle: Stories from Berida's Life
(Indiana UP, 2000).
Paperback. Fine. xxxi + 138pp. Order No. NSBK-C9146
Keywords: 0253213665, Berida, Africa, African, women, Black history, work, women's work, women and work, colonialism, Mau Mau rebellion, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, women's studies, Akamba, children
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Vickers, Jeanne.
Women and the World of Economic Crisis:
(Zed Books, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. xi + 146pp. Order No. NSBK-A6991
Keywords: 0862329752, economics, economy, development, gender, women, woman, women's history, women, global, international, economic crisis, twentieth century, 20th, Ghana, Jamaica, Jamaican, Mexico, Mexican, Philiipines, Zambia, Zambian, African, Africa, United Nations, unemployment, health, child, children, food, nutrition, hunger, poverty
Price £4.00.
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Joy, Charles R and Arnold, Melvin.
The Africa of Albert Schweitzer:
(Adam and Charles Black, 1953).
With a concluding essay by Albert Schweitzer. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, white chalk (?) mark to boards, otherwise very good. 159pp. Order No. NSBK-A10534
Keywords: B000HHVN8Y, Africa, African, Albert Schweitzer, Dr Schweitzer, medicine, health, equatorial africa, history
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Gorman, Daniel.
Imperial Citizenship: Empire and the Question of Belonging
(Manchester University Press, 2006).
Hardback. Brand new, fine in dustwrapper. xi + 243pp. Order No. NSBK-A14636
Keywords: 9780719075292, imperial citizenship, Empire, history, belonging, imperialism, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK, colonies, colonialism, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, national identity, Great War, Boer War, Lionel Curtis, John Buchan, Arnold White, Richard Jebb, Thomas Sedgwick, India, emigration, immigration
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Holloway, David.
Playing the Empire: The Acts of the Holloway Touring Theatre Company
(Harrap, 1979).
With photographs. Hardback. Very good in slightly torn dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-A3097
Keywords: 0245534431, drama, theatre, touring theatre, Empire, Holloway Thatre Company, W. J. Holloway, Australia, South Africa, trenches
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Oldham, J.H..
Florence Allshorn and the Story of St. Julian's:
(SCM Press, 1951).
Early twentieth-century trainer of missionaries. Hardback. Spine slightly faded & corners worn, otherwise very good. 168pp. Order No. NSBK-C34
Keywords: B0000CI2NA, missionary, missionaries, history, Florence Allshorn, St Julian's Community, women, twentieth century, biographies, biography, Uganda, Ugandan, Africa, African
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Guy, Donna J.
White Slavery and Mothers Alive and Dead: The Troubled Meeting of Sex, Gender, Public Health and Progress in Latin America
(Nebraska UP, 2000).
Paperback. Fine. viii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-C9661
Keywords: 080327095X, women, woman, women's studies, twentieth century, feminism, feminists, sexual difference, femininity, gender, history of ideas, health, public health, Latin America, South American, white slavery
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