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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Mathias, Peter.
The First Industrial Nation: an Economic History of Britain, 1700-1914
(Routledge, 2nd edition, 1990).
Paperback. Front cover rather creased, otherwise good. xiv + 522pp. Order No. NSBK-A1036
Keywords: 041502756X, economic history, Britain, industrialisation, industry, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, twentieth century
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Fletcher, Sheila.
Women First: The Female Tradition in English Physical Education, 1880-1980
(The Athlone Press, 1984).
Paperback. Very good. 194pp. Order No. NSBK-C6593
Keywords: 0485120461, female tradition, England, English, Britain, British, nineteenth century, Victorian, twentieth century, sports, sporting, physical, Sheila Fletcher, women's sports, teaching, PE, P.E., Bedford High Schools, children, childhood, Bedford Physical Training College, child, girlhood, girls
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Science Museum, .
The Science Museum: the First Hundred Years
(HMSO, 1957).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, otherwise very good, bright. 85pp. Order No. NSBK-A14377
Keywords: B0000CHBPJ, science museum, science, history, machines, aircraft, engines, steam, technology, scientific, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Royal College of Nursing, Molly Case.
Album: It May Be for Sometime, it May be Forever
(RCN, 2017).
Poetry anthology inspired by ten nurses who kept scrapbooks during World War I. Paperback. Very good. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-C15688
Keywords: Molly Case, Royal College of Nursing, World War I, First World War, nursing, medicine, nurses, women and work, history, booklets
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Maccoby, S.
English Radicalism: the End?
(George Allen Unwin, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, dustwrapper browned, soiled and chipped, otherwise good. 640pp. Order No. NSBK-A14583
Keywords: B001CEIN5C, work, industry, radicals, radicalism, twentieth century, protests, Dr Maccoby, popular, propaganda, class, Lloyd George, Labour, General Strike, Asquith, social reform, First World War
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Forty, George.
Tank Action: From the Great War to the Gulf
(Alan Sutton, 1995).
Supported by more than 170 black and white photographs and over 50 maps and line drawings. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, some thumbing to page edges, otherwise good in creased dustwrapper. xvi + 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A7416
Keywords: 0750904798, transport, tanks, Great War, wars, warfare, First World War, World War I, World War 1, One, Second World War, World War Two, 2, II, Gulf War, military, action, technology, Heavy Mk 1, Challenger, Korea, Vietnam, Arab-Israeli, Kohima, Royal Tank Regiment, world history, tank warfare
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Cherry, Steven.
Medical Services and the Hospitals in Britain, 1860-1939:
(CUP, 1996).
News Studies in Economic and Social History. Paperback. Very good+. vii + 93pp. Order No. NSBK-A7715
Keywords: 0521577845, medical, medicine, health, hospitals, sickness, disabled, disablement, nurses, doctors, mortality, voluntary, poor law, local authority, local authorities, wars, First World War, Great War, World War 1, I, National Health Service, population, deaths, death rates, infant mortality
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Buxton, Charles Roden.
Peace This Winter: a Reply to Mr Lloyd George
(American Neutral Conference Committee, reprint of text of 1918?).
Pamphlet. Light foxing & browing, otherwise good+. 4pp. Order No. NSBK-A7676
Keywords: 1918, war, Great War, First World War, peace, pacifism, pacifist, pacifists, David Lloyd George, armistice, Charles Roden Buxton, German, Germany Allies, peace negotiations, pamphlet
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Buckley, V. C.
Good Times: At Home and Abroad Between the Wars
(Thames and Hudson, 1979).
With 197 illustrations. Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A5740
Keywords: 050027178X, wras, interwar, homes, abroad, leisure, entertainment, schooldays, schools, schooling, London, motors, motoring, pastimes, hobbies, dining, First World War, Great War, World War One, World War Two, World War Two, World War II, twentieth century, social history, Britain, British, England, English
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