Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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Allen, Sheila and Wolkowitz, Carol.
Homeworking: Myths and Realities
(Macmillan, 1987).
Paperback. With newspaper articles pasted to endpapers, otherwise good. x + 225pp. Order No. NSBK-A8666
Keywords: 033342364X, homeworking, women workers, domestic economy, hidden workforce, gender, casual labour, labor, twentieth century, women and work, sociology
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Anon, .
Life at the Cape A Hundred Years Ago:
(Centaur (Pty) Ltd, 1983).
With contemporary illustrations selected from the work of Thomas Bowler. Covers the years 1861-2 in a series of vignettes which first appeared in the Cape Monthly magazine. Chapters include first impressions of people and scenery, Camps Bay, excursion on Table Mountain, Christmas festivities at Wynberg and Newlands, hospitality at Constantia, a picnic at Kalk Bay, a State Ball, Stellenbosch, Wellington and the Paarl. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly worn dustwrapper. 119pp. Order No. NSBK-C3900
Keywords: 0908379471, Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain, autobiographies, autobiography, women, woman, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia, Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl, Berg River
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Archer, R. L.
Secondary Education in the Nineteenth Century:
(Frank Cass, 1966 rpt of 1921 text).
Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. xiv + 363pp. Order No. NSBK-A8490
Keywords: B0000CN56C, education, schools, schooling, Britain, British, England, English, history, technical education, classical humanism, public schools, private schools, grammars, scientific movement, Royal Commissions, females, women's education, popular, Wales, welsh, State, curriculum , methods
Price £15.00.
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Zentner, Peter.
Social Democracy in Britain: Must Labour Lose?
(John Martin, 1982).
Paperback. Spine faded, otherwise good. 225pp. Order No. NSBK-A12735
Keywords: 0906237203, social democracy, politics, political, politicians, government, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Labour Party
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Marshall, Dorothy.
The English Domestic Servant in History:
(Historical Association, 1949).
Booklet. Light soiling to covers, otherwise good. 30pp. Order No. NSBK-C13363
Keywords: B0000CO8HZ, domestic service, domestic servants, work, women workers, servants, maid servants, housemaids, household, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, female, labour, labor, booklet
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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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Stivers, Camilla.
Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State
(Sage, 1993).
Paperback. Very good. ix + 164pp. Order No. NSBK-C14964
Keywords: 9780803948037, gender, public administration, state, women leaders, leadership, masculinity
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Cookson, Catherine.
My Land of the North: Memories of a Northern Childhood
(Headline, 1999).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C10761
Keywords: 0747274444, Catherine Cookson, North-East, women, woman, women writers, women's writing, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, lives, North, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, East Jarrow, Jarrow, South Shields
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Melmoth, Jenny.
A Cat in My Lap:
(Alfresco Books, first paperback version, 2004).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C8373
Keywords: 1873727194, Alfresco Books, Jenny Melmoth, poets, poems, poetry, prose, cat, cats, feline, autobiography, autobiographies, women, women poets, women writers, kittens, Jo Berriman, pets, pet, pet owners, cat owners
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