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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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Scott, Richenda.
Elizabeth Cadbury, 1858-1951: A Biography
(George G. Harrap, 1955).
Hardback. Very good. 200pp. Order No. NSBK-C1191
Keywords: B0007IZQVS, Elizabeth Cadbury, Cadbury, nineteenth century, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, philanthropy, women, welfare, Bournville, Birmingham
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Tillyard, Frank.
Unemployment Insurance in Great Britain, 1911 - 48:
(Thames Bank Pub. Co, 1949).
Hardback. Very good in chipped, slightly browned dustwrapper. ix + 233pp. Order No. NSBK-A13287
Keywords: B001IVGWXE, unemployment, insurance, national insurance, dole, twentieth century, inter-war, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, contributions, benefits, social welfare, poor relief, out-of-work, history
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Heron, Liz.
Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties
(Virago, rpt, 1985).
Paperback. With newspaper review pasted inside front cover, back cover slightly browned, otherwise a good copy. viii + 248pp. Order No. NSBK-C2389
Keywords: 0860685969, fifties, growing up, education, history, girls, women, post-war, welfare state, feminism, society, social, careers, childhood, child, girlhood
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Deacon, Bob, et al.
The New Eastern Europe: Social Policy, Past, Present and Future
(Sage, 1992).
Paperback. Very good. ix + 198pp. Order No. NSBK-A9468
Keywords: 0803984391, social policy, history, Europe, Eastern Europe, East Europe, European, Soviet Union, communism, communist, market economy, democracy, welfare, childcare, working women, unemployed, poor, twentieth century, 20th
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Wilson, Charles.
England's Apprenticeship, 1603-1763:
(Longmans, 2nd impression, 1966).
Social and Economic History of England. Hardback. Good in browned, slightly soiled, lightly chipped dustwrapper. xvi + 413pp. Order No. NSBK-A7012
Keywords: B0000CMIZ8, England, English, Britain, British, economics, economy, economic, trade, industry, demography, demographic, society, social, agriculture, land, people, manufacture, taxes, social welfare, preindustrial
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Mee, Graham.
Aristocratic Enterprise: The Fitzwilliam Industrial Undertakings, 1795-1857
(Blackie, 1975).
Hardback. Very good in slightly rubbed dustwrapper protected by cellophane. 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A5332
Keywords: 0216900506, aristocrat, aristocrats, aristocratic, class, enterprise, Fitzwilliam undertakings, eighteenth century, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, industry, coal-mining, coal mining, iron foundries, Wentworth estates, Earls Fitzwilliam, welfare, co-operation, cooperation, unionism, mines, foundries, trade unionism, trade unions, Elsecar, Milton, ironworks, collieries, colliery, paternalism, paternalist
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Chazal, E. L. de.
Guide Elementaire D'Hygiene Infantile: a L'Usage des Infirmieres et des Meres de Famille
(Port Louis, P. G. Bumstead, 2nd edition, 1924).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. Front cover loose, otherwise good in firm, slightly marked library binding. 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A13886
Keywords: B001A6JL6W, child welfare, interwar, inter-war, inter war, family, medicine, hygiene, France, French, children, childhood, health, enfants, mothers, motherhood, history, 1920s, illnesses, childhood illnesses, ailments, remedies, infant mortality, medical
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Jamieson, Lynn, and Corr, Helen ed.
State, Private Life and Political Change:
(Macmillan, 1990).
Paperback. Near fine. xi + 247pp. Order No. NSBK-A9339
Keywords: 0333493699, twentieth century, politics, state, Britain, British, England, English, history, welfare state, masculinity, sexuality, nineteenth
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