Summerfield, Penny.
Women Workers in the Second World War: Production and Patriarchy in Conflict
(Croom Helm, 1984).
Classic work of women's history, now very scarce. Hardback. Ex library but good+ in faded, slightly creased dustwrapper. ix + 214pp. Order No. NSBK-C1783
Keywords: 0709923171, Second World War, World War II, munitions, women's work, patriarchy, factory, history, Britain, British, England, English
Price £47.95.
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Russell, Alice.
The TUC and the Working Time Question: Policy, Action and Outcomes in Twentieth Century Britain
(Book Guild, 2000).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xx + 298pp. Order No. NSBK-A14204
Keywords: 1857765753, trade unionism, trade unions, TUC, Trade Union Congress, working hours, holidays, pay, wages, work, labour, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £10.00.
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Synge, Lanto.
Antique Needlework:
(Blandford Press, 1982).
A charming history of decorative needlework. Hardback. Light soiling to front endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. 202pp. Order No. NSBK-F4498
Keywords: 0713710071, needlework, sewing, needlewoman, stitching, sewers, needleworkers, crafts, costumes, decorations, embroidery, antiques, Early modern, Mediaeval, Medieval, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth century, nineteenth century, costumes, heraldry, furniture, collectors, history, decorative needlework, history of needlework, lanto synge, craft work
Price £18.00.
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Showler, Brian & Sinfield, Adrian, eds.
The Workless State: Studies in Unemployment
(Martin Robertson, 1981).
Foreword by Peter Townsend. Paperback. Spine creased, light soiling to edges, otherwise good. xvii + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-A6512
Keywords: 0855203404, unemployment, employment, work, labor, labour, twentieth century, poverty, men, politics, political economy, economics, Britain, British, England, English, Keynes, government, society, tax, taxation, history
Price £7.00.
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Roberts, Elizabeth.
A Woman's Place: an Oral History of Working-Class Women, 1890-1940
(Blackwell, reissue, 1985).
Paperback. Light soiling to covers, otherwise very good. vii + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4152
Keywords: 0631147543, oral history, Elizabeth Roberts, Lancaster, Barrow, Preston, working class, working classes, family, marriage, work, leisure, motherhood, mothers, neighbourhood, North West, Northern, England, British, Britain, English, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, Edwardian
Price £13.99.
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Orr, Emily C.
Our Working Boys: Suggestions for Their Teachers
(SPCK, 1900).
Hardback. Boards and spine worn, internally good. 128 + 8pp. Order No. NSBK-A11911
Keywords: B000HC7CKM, SPCK, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, 20th, boys, working boys, Emily C. Orr, work
Price £11.00.
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Coates, Ken and Topham, Anthony.
Industrial Democracy in Great Britain: A Book of Readings and Witnesses for Workers Control
(Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, 1968).
Hardback. Good+ in chipped dustwrapper. ix + 161pp. Order No. NSBK-A12551
Keywords: 0901740888, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, reading, witmeses, unions, trade unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, collective action, work, workers, sex discrimination, labour market, employers, employment, employees, twentieth century, 20th
Price £9.99.
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Pinchbeck, Ivy.
Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750 - 1850:
(George Routledge, 1930).
Hardback. A little splitting / weakening internally at spine, edges slightly worn and cloth a little rubbed - otherwise a good copy. x + 342pp. Order No. NSBK-C9033
Keywords: B001P165SY, women workers, women and work, industry, industrialisation, Industrial Revolution, labour, working class, occupations, factories, mines, Ivy Pinchbeck, history, 18th century, eighteenth century, 19th century, nineteenth century, mining, hand loom weavers, domestic industries, trade, labor, labourers, textiles, women's history, factory, factories, economy, economic
Price £24.00.
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Sandford, Mrs Henry.
Home Work and Duties:
(W. & R. Chambers, 1885).
Girls' Reading-Book. Hardback. Some wear to edges & fraying to spine ends. Red / black cloth with gilt lettering slightly darkened, otherwise a good copy. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C13123
Keywords: Victorian, 1880s, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, duties, responsibilities, duty, responsibility, social history, women's history, Mrs Henry Sandford, women's education, girls, girlhood, domestic economy, food, clothing, sewing, needlework, knitting, ventilation, cleaning, washing, health, sickness, Britain, British, England, English, hygiene,
Price £25.00.
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Redclift, Nanneke and Sinclair, M. Thea.
Working Women: International Perspectives on Labour and Gender Ideology
(Routledge, 1991).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, otherwise very good. x + 242pp. Order No. NSBK-A14563
Keywords: 0415018439, women and work, working women, labour, workforce, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, gender, employment, mining, trade unions, factories
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