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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Kirkby, Diane.
The Power of Pen and Voice: The Life of an Australian-American Labor Reformer
(CUP, 1991).
Hardback. Very good+ in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. xxvi + 254pp. Order No. NSBK-A12390
Keywords: 0521391024, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Australia, Australian, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth century, 20th, writers, writing, labour reformer, labor, Alice Henry, social welfare
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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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Urwin, Derek W.
Western Europe since 1945: A Political History
(Longman, rpt., 1990).
Paperback. Spine faded, top corner bumped, otherwise good. xii + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A8433
Keywords: 0582495113, Western Europe, European, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, economy, economics, postwar reconstruction, welfare state, inflation, unemployment, terrorism, student protest, green movement, feminism, regional nationalism
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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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Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, ed.
Woman's Mission: a Series of Congress Papers on the Philanthropic Work of Women by Eminent Writers
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facsimile of 1893 ed).
For the Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893. Paperback. Light soiling to page edges, spine slightly creased, otherwise very good. viii + 485pp. Order No. NSBK-C4894
Keywords: 9781378684542, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropy, philanthropic, women, woman, women's history, woman's, woman's mission, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, poor, poverty, Victorian, nineteenth century, societies, temperance, organisations, friendly societies, friendly society, Florence Nightingale, sisterhood, charity, charities, Sarah Ponsonby, working class, working classes, needlework, poor laws, ragged schools, education, welfare, social welfare, social history, women's work, missions, women workers, rescue work, Portrayers, Portrayer Publishers, philanthropic institutions, Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893, victoriana, Portrayer's, women's work, woman worker, woman workers
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Pugh, Martin.
State and Society: British Political and Social History, 1870-1992
(Edward Arnold, 1994).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation. With newspaper cuttings pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good. viii + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-A8680
Keywords: 9780340507100, Britain, British, England, English, history, state, industrial decline, social conditions, social welfare, 19th century, nineteenth century, Victorian, twentieth century, 20th century, society, politics, political
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Oakley, Ann.
Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents Early Years
(Flamingo, 1997).
Paperback. Spine creased and cover edges worn, otherwise good. xiii + 338pp. Order No. NSBK-C10416
Keywords: 0006550134, parents, Richard Titmuss, Kay Titmuss, Kay Miller, welfare state, biography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, feminism, feminists, family, social history, families, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, 20th
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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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Stewart, Alexander P. & Jenkins, Edward.
The Medical and Legal Aspects of Sanitary Reform:
(Leicester UP, 1969 rpt of 1867 2nd edit).
Intro by M.W. Flinn. Hardback. Very good in soiled dustwrapper. 100pp. Order No. NSBK-A4851
Keywords: 718550072, medical, history, M. W. Flinn, social history, welfare, Britain, British, England, English, legal, sanitary reform, public health, sanitary conditions, Public Health Acts, nineteenth century, Victorian, social improvements, social reforms, Royal Sanitary Commissions, Disraeli, Disraelian Conservatism, Alexander P. Stewart, Edward Jenkins
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