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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Rhodes, Mary.
Ideas for Canvas Work:
(Jarrold and Sons, 1970).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, board edges rubbed, otherwise good in worn dw. 192pp. Order No. NSBK-G13087
Keywords: 0713426349, canvas work, crafts, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
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Anderson, Madge.
The Heroes of the Puppet Stage:
(Jonathan Cape, 1924).
With illustrations by the author. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps. Some soiling / streaking to cloth, a little cracking internally at spine, otherwise a good solid working copy. vi + 420pp. Order No. NSBK-A14241
Keywords: B00088FF4A, puppets, Punch, Mr Punch, puppetry, history, stage, theatre, puppet shows, marionettes, Punch and Judy, leisure, entertainment
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Costello, Neil and Richardson, Michael, eds.
Continuing Education for the Post-Industrial Society:
(The Open University Press, 1982).
Paperback. Very good+. x + 146pp. Order No. NSBK-A11113
Keywords: 0335101860, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, adult education, twentieth century, 20th
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Floud, Roderick.
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians:
(Methuen, 2nd edit., rpt, 1983).
Paperback. A little waviness to spine area, otherwise good condition. ix + 237pp. Order No. NSBK-A743
Keywords: 0416716709, quantitative, statistics, historical method, methodology, data, theory
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Stopes, Marie.
Wise Parenthood: the Treatise on Birth Control for Married People
(G.P. Putnam, 7th edit., 1921).
Hardback. Cloth slightly marked and edges worn, a good working copy. 60pp. Order No. NSBK-C77
Keywords: B0014FFD70, Marie Stopes, parenthood, parent, birth control, marriage, contraception, reproduction, sexuality, women's history, family, motherhood
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Ministry of Education, .
Health Education: A Handbook of Suggestions for the Consideration of Teachers and Others Concerned in the Health and Education of Children and Young People
(Her Majesty's Stat. Off., 1958 rpt of 1956 text).
Pamphlet no. 31. Part I: The Development and Scope of Health Education; Part 2: The Provision of Health Education. Paperback. Covers slightly yellowed with age, spine ends worn, otherwise good+. viii + 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A1520
Keywords: health, education, health education, teacher, child, children, Britain, British, England, English, history, pamphlet
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Kapo, Vito, et al.
Problems of the Struggle for the Complete Emancipation of Women:
(Gamma, rpt, 1978).
A selection of essays. Paperback. Paper covers faded, otherwise good. 282pp. Order No. NSBK-C3676
Keywords: B0032QBUMG, Albanian, women, Tirana, emancipation, politics, freedom, feminism, women's rights, Albania, Albanian women, women's history
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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
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Garrett, Richard.
The Search for Prosperity: Emigration from Britain, 1815-1930
(Wayland, 1973).
Illustrated. Hardback. Large, very good in dustwrapper. 127pp. Order No. NSBK-A2850
Keywords: 853403163, emigration, America, USA, Malthus, the colonies, settlers, Australia, coffee table book, emigrants, emigrant, colony, settler, history, British, Britain, English, England
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