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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Chancellor, Valerie E.
History for their Masters: Opinion in the English History Textbook, 1800-1914
(Adams & Dart, 1970).
Hardback. Very good in yellowed dustwrapper. 153pp. Order No. NSBK-A2653
Keywords: 0239000684, English History, textbook, education, schooling, school, education, History, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Spender, Dale and Todd, Janet.
Anthology of British Women Writers:
(Pandora, 1989).
Hardback. Very good+ in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. xii + 925pp. Order No. NSBK-C12395
Keywords: 0863582672, anthology, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, eighteenth, twentieth, feminist, feminism
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Royal Archaeological Institute, .
The Archaeological Journal: Volume XCIV for 1937. Part Two
(Royal Archaeological Institute, 1938).
With pull-out maps etc. Paperback. Covers slightly soiled and somewhat tatty, internally good and firm. 177 to 360pp. Order No. NSBK-A14263
Keywords: B0023BNKX8, Royal Archaeological Institute, The Archaeological Journal, history, archaeology, Winchelsea, St. Alban, Cologne, ancient highways, Dorset, Somerset, ancient ruins, remains
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Peabody, Francis Greenwood.
Education for Life: The Story of Hampton Institute
(Doubleday, Page and Co, 1920).
Told in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the school. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, boards rather worn and frayed, splitting internally at spine (front and back); a good reading copy only. xxiv + 393pp. Order No. NSBK-A6598
Keywords: B00088UQU8, Hampton Institute, education, educational, twentieth century, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, nineteenth century, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, social history, schools
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Matthews, Mike.
Alf Cobb: Mugsborough Rebel. The Struggle for Justice in Edwardian Hastings
(Hastings Press, rpt, 2003).
Paperback. Fine. 143pp. Order No. NSBK-A6675
Keywords: 190410911X, Hastings, history, social history, Sussex, Britain, British, England, English, Alf Cobb, Robert Tressell, Social Democratic Federation, socialist, socialists, socialism, mob orators, rebels, Mugsborough, working class, working classes, political rebels, radicalism, Edwardian, twentieth century, labour movement, politics, local politics, local government, oratory, local councils, local corporations, local councillors
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Crowley, Helen and Himmelweit, Susan.
Knowing Women: Feminism and Knowledge
(Open University, 1992).
Paperback. Edges faded, minor annotation, otherwise good. vi + 396pp. Order No. NSBK-C15713
Keywords: 9780745609768,
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Capper, W. Bently, ed.
Licensed Houses and Their Management: A Practical Work for Hotel-Keepers, Innkeepers, Licensed Victuallers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Off-Licence Holders, Club Secretaries, Club Stewards, Caterers, etc
(Caxton Publishing, revised, rpt, 1949).
In 3 volumes. Hardback. Corners rubbed & boards slightly marked, otherwise good. x + 250; vi + 271; vi + 322pp. Order No. NSBK-A3913
Keywords: B000HIEYG6, drink, alcohol, licensing, licensed, inn, off-licence, spirit merchant, club, pub, pubs, public houses, bars, leisure, entertainment, history, Britain, British, England, English
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Orman, Richard A Van.
A Room for the Night: Hotels of the Old West
(Bonanza Books, 1967).
Hardback. Good in worn dustwrapper. xiii + 162pp. Order No. NSBK-A12716
Keywords: 025317600X, West, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, hotels, hospitality, catering, history, mining, miners, food, Cow Towns, towns, shacks, palaces, Western hotels, cowboys
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Paludi, Michele amd Steuernagel, Gertrude A.
Foundations for a Feminist Restructuring of the Academic Disciplines:
(Harrington Park Press, 1990).
Paperback. Light rubbing to purple card covers, otherwise good+. xix + 276pp. Order No. NSBK-C16044
Keywords: 9780918393647, feminism, feminist, academia, academic
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