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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Kramarae, Cheris and Spender, Dale, eds.
The Knowledge Explosion: Generations of Feminist Scholarship
(Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993).
Paperback. Top spine end slightly bumped, otherwise very good+. x + 533pp. Order No. NSBK-C12996
Keywords: 0745015492, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, feminism, feminists, scholarship, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe
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Kenin, Richard.
Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760 - 1940
(Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in chipped, lightly soiled dustwrapper. xv + 288pp. Order No. NSBK-A14406
Keywords: B002CBKNZC, Americans, Americam, USA, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, immigration, emigration, expatriates, famous Americans
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Meeuwissen, Herman.
Project Planet Pie: The Truth About Climate Change and the World Economy
(Writersworld Limited, 2006).
Paperback. Fine. viii + 396pp. Order No. NSBK-A12808
Keywords: 1904181805, climate, climate change, economy, economic, world economy, weather, ethical, ethical issues, resources, environmental, environment
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Mills, James Cobb Jr.
Dmitrii Tolstoi as Minster of Education in Russia, 1866 - 1880:
(University Microfilms, 1980 facsimile of 1967 text).
Facsimile, produced on demand by microfilm-xerography. Paperback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and stickers, otherwise very good. 259pp. Order No. NSBK-A7714
Keywords: education, Indiana University, universities, educational, history, Dmitrii Tolstoi, Minister of Education, reform, reaction, Zemstva, Zemstvo, Russia, Russian, PhD, PhDs, Tsarism, Tsar, Czar, Czarism, Alexander, Moscow, St Petersburg
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Western, J.R.
Monarchy and Revolution:
(Blandford, 1972).
Paperback. Good. viii + 421pp. Order No. NSBK-A11568
Keywords: monarchy, autocracy, history, revolution
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Evans, Judith.
Feminist Theory Today: An Introduction to Second-Wave Feminism
(Sage Publications, rpt., 1996).
Paperback. Very good. vi + 183pp. Order No. NSBK-C8818
Keywords: 9780803984790, feminists, feminist, feminism, second-wave feminism, feminist theory, political theory, women's studies, Judith Evans
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Historic Society of Lancashire and Ches, .
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire:
(Hist Soc of Lanc and Chesh, Liverpool).
1 volume only: 124 (1972). Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps and stickers, corners rubbed, otherwise good in bright red and gilt decorated cloth. pp. Order No. NSBK-A10653
Keywords: Britain, British, history, Lancashire, Cheshire, society, societies, regions, regional, county, counties, county history, county histories, transactions, Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, volumes
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Cole, John.
Conflict and Cooperation: Rochdale and the Pioneering Spirit, 1790-1844
(George Kelsall, 1994).
Paperback. New book, fine. vi + 54pp. Order No. NSBK-A2534
Keywords: 0946571244, Rochdale Pioneers, cooperation, co-operation, Lancashire, Condition of England, Chartism, economic history Industrial Revolution, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Leffingwell, Albert.
Illegitimacy and the Influence of Seasons Upon Conduct: Two Studies in Demography
(Swan Sonnenschein, 1892).
With maps and diagrams. Scarce. Hardback. Original red cloth darkened / soiled / stained, some wear to spine ends & corners, one map partly detached - otherwise good. viii + 160pp. Order No. NSBK-C10974
Keywords: B000HBZSGI, illegitimacy, illegitimate, mothers, single mothers, motherhood, demography, population, demographic, morals, morality, moral, women, women's history, 1890s, Victorian, 19th century, seasons, regions, regional, unmarried women, bastardy, poverty, infants, infancy, babies, birth, childbirth, chastity, birth rate, birth-rates, fertility, mortality, birth rates, birthrates, insanity, madness, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, pregnancy, expectant mothers, antiquarian
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