Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
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Rubinstein, David.
School Attendance in London, 1870 - 1904: A Social History
(University of Hull, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969).
Scarce. University of Hull Occasional Papers in Economic and Social History No. 1. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, good+ in smart crimson binding. viii + 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A8542
Keywords: 0900480009, London, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, education, schools, Edwardian, school attendance, schooling, social history, truancy, truants, elementary education, David Rubinstein, Britain, British, England, English, London School Board, poverty, poor, school boards, 1870 Education Act, Forster's Education Act, magistrates, voluntary schools, state education, policy, University of Hull Occasional Papers in Economic and Social History
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Thomis, Malcolm I.
Old Nottingham:
(David and Charles, 1968).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 200pp. Order No. NSBK-A7631
Keywords: 071534305X, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, regions, Britain, British, history, England, English, towns, Castle Rock, law, High Pavement, Thomas Bailey of Basford, Goose Fair, Luddites, Trade unions, trade unionism, enclosure, pubs, public houses
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Mackenzie, Norman and Jeanne, eds.
The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Volume Two, 1892-1905: All the Good Things of Life
(Virago, 1983).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in dustwrapper. xv + 376pp. Order No. NSBK-C6087
Keywords: 0860682102, Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb, the Webbs, social reform, Edwardian, Victorian, LSE, London School of Economics, poor, poverty, trade unionism, local government, state, women's history, woman, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, diaries, diary, Virago
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Thomis, Malcolm I.
The Town Labourer and the Industrial Revolution:
(B.T. Batsford, 1974).
Paperback. Spine faded, otherwise very good. 247pp. Order No. NSBK-A5486
Keywords: 0713428333, town labourers, Industrial Revolution, social history, Britain, British, England, English, workers, work, industry, urban, urbanisation, towns, factory, factories, trade unions, trade unionism, trade union, collectives, combinations, Combination Laws, factory system, handloom weavers
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Brydon, Lynne & Chant, Sylvia.
Women in the Third World: Gender Issues in Rural and Urban Areas
(Edward Elgar, rpt, 1993).
Paperback. Very good. 327pp. Order No. NSBK-C6810
Keywords: 1852781904, gender, rural, countryside, Third World, development, developing countries, women, urban, towns, urban planning, town planning, women's issues, household, reproduction, migration, rural development policy, Brazil, South America, South East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, African, East Africa, poverty, poor
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Hirsch, Pam.
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon:
(Pimlico, 1999).
Paperback. Very good. x + 390pp. Order No. NSBK-C12757
Keywords: 0712665811, Barbara Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, women's rights, Pre-Raphaelite, law, marriage, Britain, England, British, English, history, women's history education, suffrage, marriage reform, biography, Hitchin, Girton, women's movement, Victorian, nineteenth century, higher education, adult education
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Roberts, Robert.
A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum
(Fontana, 2nd impression, 1979).
Paperback. Light creasing to covers, newspaper article pasted to front endpaper, otherwise good. 189pp. Order No. NSBK-A10160
Keywords: 0006348947, education, schools, schooling, slums, housing, urban, cities, Britain, British, England, English, social history, Edwardian, industry, industrial, terraces, poverty, poor, cobbles, By Joe, cinema, magic lantern, railways, canals, Manchester, North West, Salford, Robert Roberts, apprentices, labour, labor, Labour party, Esperanto, TB, tuberculosis, working class, working classes, Charles de Gaulle
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Finer, S. E.
Anonymous Empire: A Study of the Lobby in Great Britain
(Pall Mall Press, rpt., 1966).
Paperback. Lacks fly leaf, covers browned, otherwise good. xiii + 173pp. Order No. NSBK-A6073
Keywords: B0000CMY6T, political, politics, twentieth century, lobby, lobbying, lobbies, Resale Price Maintenance Bill, Finance Bill, Race Relations Bill, Bills, governments, Parliaments, Britain, British, England, English, history, laws, legal
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Hijab, Nadia.
Womanpower: The Arab Debate on Women at Work
(CUP, rpt, 1989).
Paperback. Very good. xiv + 176pp. Order No. NSBK-C4379
Keywords: 052126992X, Arab, Arabs, Arabian, women, Arab countries, Arab laws, Middle East, Middle Eastern, Arabian laws, Nadia Hijab, women and work, work, family, families, workforce, work force, status, Jordan, Jordanian, Arab Gulf, gender, Arab Gulf states, working women, Islam, Islamic, Moslem, Muslim
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