Angell, Norman.
The Policy Behind Armaments:
(National Peace Council, 1911).
National Peace Council, Economic Series, No 1. Paperback. Some rusting to staples, otherwise very good. 8pp. Order No. NSBK-A13965
Keywords: B001E4X1M0, armaments, arms, defence policy, before the First World War, peace, pacifism, social history, Norman Angell, peace movement
Price £7.00.
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
Price £24.00.
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HMSO, .
Suggestions for the Guidance of the Clergy: Relative to the Duties Imposed Upon Them By the Marriage and Registration Acts
(HMSO, 1901).
Hardback. Spine worn, embossed, decorated boards with gilt lettering, very good. 33pp. Order No. NSBK-A5101
Keywords: B000HC0T7U, marriage, social history, marriages, weddings, wedding, Britain, British, England, English, Edwardian, Victorian, marriage ceremonies, marriage rites, marriage rituals, registration, registrars, clergy, religion, religious, banns, licence, baptism, civil registration, burial, burials, registering, registering birth, marriage and death, law, legal, booklet
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
Price £19.95.
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Lillington, Kenneth, ed.
For Better For Worse: an Anthology of Courtship and Marriage
(Angus & Robertson, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 157pp. Order No. NSBK-C3428
Keywords: 0207958262, courtship, marriage, social history, anthology, poems, prose, engagement, betrothal, literature, extracts, marital relations, weddings
Price £6.00.
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Blatchford, Robert.
Spangles of Existence:
(John Lane, Bodley Head, 1921).
Hardback. A little light patching to cloth, and wear to spine ends and corners, otherwise good+. viii + 229pp. Order No. NSBK-A8958
Keywords: B000H3YQUA, Robert Blatchford, labour movement, social history, Britain, British, England, English, fiction, literature
Price £10.00.
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Tims, Margaret.
Jane Addams of Hull House, 1860 - 1935: a Centenary Study
(George Allen and Unwin, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A8955
Keywords: B0000CKYPE, Jane Addams, Hull House, women's history, Chicago, American women, USA, United States of America, social work, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, pacifism, pacifists, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize winners, social reformers, philanthropy, philanthropists
Price £8.00.
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Goodman, Dave.
How the Old Age Pension was Won: the Forgotten Story. No Thanks to Lloyd George
(Third Age Press, 2nd edition, 1998).
Paperback. Very good. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-A14082
Keywords: 1898576122, old age pension, pensions, history, Lloyd George, social security, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, National Insurance, politics, Labour movement, popular politics, aged, old, retirement
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Chambers, J. D.
Population, Economy, and Society in Pre-Industrial England:
(OUP, 1972).
Paperback. Cover creased, otherwise good. viii + 162pp. Order No. NSBK-A10735
Keywords: 0198880855, population, demography, demographic, social history, Chambers, society, mortality, England, English, Britain, British, Thomas Malthus, marriage customs, fertility
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Thompson, Dorothy, ed.
The Early Chartists:
(South Carolina UP, 1971).
Paperback. Edges rubbed, otherwise very good. xii + 307pp. Order No. NSBK-A1435
Keywords: 0872492311, radicalism, radical, Chartist, politics, working class, working-class, Victorian, politics, class, britain, british, socil history, history, chartist, chartists, chartism, chartist movement, radicals, nineteenth century, 19th century, chartist propoganda, propoganda, social protest, franchise, militancy, militants, militant, working classes, working-classes
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