Walter, John.
Crowds and Popular Politics in Early Modern England:
(Manchester UP, 2006).
Hardback. Good in slightly faded dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-A14499
Keywords: 0719074754, crowd studies, crowds, popular politics, history, social history, early modern, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK, food riots, grain riots, Maldon, protest, English Civil War, enclosure, harvests, Midlands Rising, 16th century, seventeenth century, 17th century, sixteenth century
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Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Matthews, Mike.
Alf Cobb: Mugsborough Rebel. The Struggle for Justice in Edwardian Hastings
(Hastings Press, rpt, 2003).
Paperback. Fine. 143pp. Order No. NSBK-A6675
Keywords: 190410911X, Hastings, history, social history, Sussex, Britain, British, England, English, Alf Cobb, Robert Tressell, Social Democratic Federation, socialist, socialists, socialism, mob orators, rebels, Mugsborough, working class, working classes, political rebels, radicalism, Edwardian, twentieth century, labour movement, politics, local politics, local government, oratory, local councils, local corporations, local councillors
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Petavel, J. W.
Administrative Efficiency and What it Might Give Us: Reduced Military Expenditure with Increased Army Reserves, and the Solution of the Problems of the Unemployed, of Rehousing, and of Technical Education
(Swan Sonnenschein, 1906).
The Towns of the Future and Self-Supporting Armies. Hardback. Pages browned and a little brittle with age. First page detached. Ex-library with usual lib stamps, in library binding. Good. 58pp. Order No. NSBK-A13365
Keywords: B0006F9FZU, Edwardian, army, army reserves, militarism, military expenditure, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, unemployment, unemployed, rehousing, housing, technical education, administrative efficiency, conscription, social reform, houses, military, labour, land, towns, town planning
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge / Brooch, .
The Portcullis: The WSPU Holloway Badge / Brooch
(Modern Replica, 2018).
The original Holloway brooch, of which this is a faithful replica, was designed by Sylvia Panhurst and presented from 1909 onwards to suffragettes who had undergone imprisonment. The portcullis and chains are in a non-precious antique-chrome plate, and the arrow on top, which is the convict symbol, is purple, white and green enamel (the colours of the WSPU). Dimensions: 2cm X 2.5cm. With a secure butterfly clasp to the rear. Presented with a free purple velvet gift-pouch in an attractive gift-bag, which is clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Fine condition, brand new. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15557
Keywords: B07FSSWRJD, suffrage, woman's, women's suffrage, brooch, brooches, badge, badges, social history, WSPU, replica, reproduction, Votes for Women, suffragette ephemera, suffragette memorabilia, Women's Social and Political Union, Edwardian, imprisonment, prisons, Sylvia Pankhurst, portcullis, Holloway brooch, suffragettes
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Wrigley, C.J., ed.
The Working Classes in the Victorian Age: Debates on the Issue from 19th Century Critical Journals
(Gregg International, 1973).
4 volumes: Vol 1: Political Economy and Whig Reforms 1815-1937; Vol II Urban Conditions, 1839-1848; Vol III Urban Conditions, 1848-1868; Vol IV Rural Conditions, 1815-1870. Hardbacks. Very good in slightly chipped, slightly worn dustwrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-A928
Keywords: 0576532568, working class, Victorian, class, rural, social reform, countryside, Chris Wrigley, history
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Butler, Josephine E.
Truth Before Everything:
(Portrayer Publishers, March 2003 reprint of the work of 1897).
No 7 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New book, fine. 38pp. Order No. NSBK-C6502
Keywords: B001C3VRLA, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, new title, Josephine E. Butler, social history, women, women's history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, equality, gender roles, working women, prostitution, prostitutes, State Regulation of Vice, Contagious Diseases Act, social purity, Liverpool, reprints, working girls, philanthropy, philanthropists, Open Archive Occasional Series, Truth Before Everything, booklet
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 1
(Caliban Books, 1980).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A13114
Keywords: 0904573206, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, cholera, Bermondsey, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, workhouses, diet, clothes, poor law, employment, London
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Elwes, Richard.
First Poems:
(Hodder & Stoughton, rpt, 1941).
Hardback. Soiled / marked cream covers with gilt lettering, endpapers a little marked, otherwise good. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C6755
Keywords: B000P1QEHM, poems, poets, poetry, Richard Elwes, Second World War, World War II, World War Two, social history, Europe, European, Poland, Finland, sonnets, verses, wars, twentieth century, 1940s
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Mason, Michael.
The Making of Victorian Sexual Attitudes:
(Oxford UP, 1994).
Hardback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good+ in slightly dull dustwrapper. xi + 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C8975
Keywords: 0198122926, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, sexuality, masculinity, femininity, sex, gender, morals, moralism, social history, sexual ideology, women, men, free love, evangelicalism, chastity, free thought, Malthus, Malthusian, prostitutes, prostitution, birth control, contraception, Annie Besant, Charles Bradlaugh, celibacy, marriage, Britain, British, England, English
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