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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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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
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Plowden, Alison.
The Case of Eliza Armstrong: "a Child of 13 Bought for £5"
(BBC, 1974).
Hardback. Good+ in slightly browned, slightly edgeworn, slightly torn dustwrapper, with a newspaper review pasted to front endpaper. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-C1033
Keywords: 9780563108733 prostitution, children child abuse, Victorian, white slave trade, prostitutes, BBC, nineteenth century, crime, women, history, prostitute, vice-trade, vice trade, vice, 19th century, child prostitute
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Elston, Frank.
Organized Games: For the School, The Hall, or the Playground
(E.J. Arnold, ?).
Hardback. Wax mark and soiling to boards, internally good. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-A12303
Keywords: B0008BXJX6, leisure, entertainment, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, wheelbarrows, steeplechase, leap frpg, teams, jumping, children, kids
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Beik, Mildred Allen.
The Miners of Windber: The Struggles of New Immigrants for Unionization
(Pennsylvania University Press, 1996).
Paperback. Near fine. xxx + 447pp. Order No. NSBK-A10290
Keywords: 0271015675, immigrants, immigration, America, American, USA, US, United States, history, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, unions, trade unionism, trade unionists, unionization, unionisation, Pennsylvania, Windber, miners, mining, coal, coalminers, coalmining, Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, New Deal, United Mine Workers, ethnicity, ethnic
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Jacobs, Ruth.
Organic Gardening: A Guide for Beginners
(Alfresco Books, second edition, 1999).
Paperback. New book, fine. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A14044
Keywords: 1873727143, garden, organic gardening, gardens, horticulture, horticultural, plants, pests, diseases, gardeners, environmentally-friendly gardens
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Manchester Women's History Group, .
Resources for Women's History in Greater Manchester:
(National Museum of Labour History, 1993).
An invaluable guide to archival material in over forty institutions, which resulted from a major project of retrieval and recovery undertaken by the Manchester Women's History Group. It uncovers a fascinating array of material of use to all those interested in researching the history of women: film, photographs, oral history tapes, manuscripts, artifacts & printed sources. Paperback. Very good. iv + 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C679
Keywords: 0950712019, Manchester, Greater Manchester, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history, Manchester Women's History Group, sources, resources, National Museum of Labour History
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Scutt, Jocelynne A.
Women and Magna Carta: A Treaty for Rights or Wrongs?
(Palgrave, 2016).
Hardback. Top corner bumped, otherwise very good+. vii + 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C15650
Keywords: 9781137562340, Magna Carta, women's rights, history, natural rights, human rights
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Rowbotham, Judith.
Good Girls Make Good Wives: Guidance for Girls in Victorian Fiction
(Blackwell, 1989).
Paperback. Some sunfading to covers, otherwise good+. viii + 301pp. Order No. NSBK-C4162
Keywords: 0631163964, wives, wife, girls, education, fiction, literature, Judith Rowbotham, Victorian, nineteenth century, childhood, middle class, middle classes, reading habits, domesticity, private sphere, separate spheres, femininity, feminine, novels, L.T. Meade, history, social control, Charlotte Mary Yonge, women
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Fairfield, Helen.
Patchwork: Over 20 New and Original Projects for You to Make
(Octopus, rpt, 1982).
Hardback. Good+, large format. 80pp. Order No. NSBK-G14297
Keywords: 070641344X, sewing, needlework, patchwork, patchwork quilts, technique
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