Flinn, M. W and Smout, T. C. eds.
Essays in Social History:
(Clarendon Press, 1974).
Edited for the Economic History Society. Paperback. Minor annotation, slightly shaky with tatty covers, a good working copy. xi + 289pp. Order No. NSBK-A5657
Keywords: 0198770170, social history, economy, economics, Britain, British, England, English, labour, labor, Industrial Revolution, industry, Sunday Schools, Manchester, Poor Laws, class, classes, towns, urban history, social reform, mortality, trade unions, women's history, trade unionism
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Walvin, James.
English Urban Life, 1776-1851:
(Hutchinson, 1984).
Paperback. Covers slightly browned, otherwise good. vii + 216pp. Order No. NSBK-A7558
Keywords: 0091561515, James Walvin, England, English, history, Britain, British, towns, cities, city, urban, metropolitan, metropolis, population, demographic, demography, housing, homes, houses, streets, machinery, social class, classes, poverty, urbanisation, urbanization, poor, public order, law enforcement
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Thornton, William T.
Over-Population and its Remedy: an Inquiry into the Distress Prevailing Among the Labouring Classes of the British Islands and into the Means of Remedying It
(Irish University Press, 1971 rpt of 1846 edition).
Hardback. Very good. xi + 446pp. Order No. NSBK-A5918
Keywords: 9780716517511, over-population, population, demography, demographic, labour, labor, laboring classes, labouring classes, laborers, labourers, Britain, British, England, English, history, poor, pauperism, poor laws, Malthus, Malthusian, Victorian, nineteenth century, economic, economic, resources, working classes
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Tow Law Local History Group, .
Stargazer of Tow Law:
(Tow Law Local History Group, 1992).
Foreword Patrick Moore. Illustrated. Scarce. Booklet. Light edgewear, otherwise very good. 53pp. Order No. NSBK-A16111
Keywords: 9780951903605, stored with booklets, booklets, Tow Law Local History Group, astronomy, history, science, history of science, stars, sky, space, stargazing, Rev T.H.E.C. Espin, astronomers, Thomas Espin, Bishop Auckland, North East England
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Tow Law History Society, .
Tow Law 150th Anniversary Celebration Book:
(Tow Law History Society, 1994).
With lovely photographs. Paperback. Minor ink underscorings in preface. Minor soiling to card covers, otherwise very good. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A16127
Keywords: 0951903616, Tow Law History Society, North East, social history, Bishop Auckland, pictures, old photographs, England, Tow Law
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Hill, Octavia.
Homes of the London Poor:
(Macmillan, first edition, 1875).
Rare first edition copy. Hardback. Leather spine worn / scuffed. Cloth, which is a little patchy with sun-fading, has light marking, spotting. Fly leaf split at spine and last page loose, else a good solid copy. pp. Order No. NSBK-C16068
Keywords: housing, Octavia Hill, dwellings, philanthropy, the poor, poverty, Victorian, England, town planning, urban history, open spaces, countryside, Britain, England, British, English, history, Octavia Hill's essays, nineteenth century, papers, works, garden cities, period sources, contemporary comment, district visiting, volunteer visitors, commons, charity, charities, COS, C.O.S., Charity Organisation Society, London, women
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Hetherington, H.
The Poor Man's Guardian, 1831 - 1835: Vol 4 only
(Merlin Press, 1969).
Volume IV only. A Reprint of the Original Journal with Introduction by Patricia Hollis. January 3rd 1835 to December 26th 1835. Hardback. A little light flecking to cloth, minor foxing to page edges, otherwise very good in slightly browned, slightly chipped dustwrapper. 377 - 800pp. Order No. NSBK-A15835
Keywords: Poor Man's Guardian, pre-Chartism, pre-Chartists, pre-Chartist, pre-Chartist movement, working classes, history, 19th century, nineteenth century, Henry Hetherington, radicalism, radicals, Britain, British, England, English, Patricia Hollis, Owenism, Robert Owen, Owenites, National Union of the Working Classes, Labour Theory of Value, Whigs, reformers, 1835, poor, history, poverty
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Hetherington, H.
The Poor Man's Guardian, 1831 - 1835: Vol 3
(Merlin Press, 1969).
A Reprint of the Original Journal with Introduction by Patricia Hollis. VOLUME 3. 14th September 1833 to 27th December 1834. Large book. Hardback. Vol 3. A little light spotting to bright green cloth, slight soiling to page edges, otherwise very good in sun-faded, slightly soiled dustwrapper, torn at the spine. xlv + 432pp. Order No. NSBK-A12877
Keywords: Poor Man's Guardian, pre-Chartism, pre-Chartists, pre-Chartist, pre-Chartist movement, working classes, history, 19th century, nineteenth century, Henry Hetherington, radicalism, radicals, Britain, British, England, English, Patricia Hollis, Owenism, Robert Owen, Owenites, National Union of the Working Classes, Labour Theory of Value, Whigs, Reform Act, 1832 Reform Act, 1832 Reform Bill, reformers
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Chinn, Carl.
They Worked All Their Lives: Women of the Urban Poor in England, 1880-1939
(MUP, 1988).
Hardback. With a newspaper review pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good in faded dustwrapper. xi + 187pp. Order No. NSBK-A15085
Keywords: 9780719024368, urban poor, poverty, Carl Chinn, working class, women's history, social history, British, English, England, Britain, Birmingham, Midlands, charity, mothers, motherhood, Reports, women's work, trade unions, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th century, twentieth century, self-help, community, communities, debt, Clementina Black, working women
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Silver, Pamela & Harold.
The Education of the Poor: the History of a National School, 1824-1974
(RKP, 1974).
Hardback. Good in slightly soiled / browned dustwrapper. x + 197pp. Order No. NSBK-A2261
Keywords: 0710078048, england, English, Britain, British, education, poor, poverty, educator, National School, school, schools, schooling, Kennington National Schools, Revised Code, child, children, childhood, board school, board schools, state school, state schools, voluntary schools, voluntary school, Church, Church school, Church schools, monitor, monitors, monitorial system, London, south London, Lambeth, London County Council, Teachers, Teacher, Teaching, Teach
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