Mansbridge, Albert.
The Older Universities of England: Oxford and Cambridge
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1923).
Inscribed in ink by the author. Hardback. Original boards soiled, with a little staining to top edge, inner hinge slightly cracked, otherwise a good firm copy. xxiv + 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A8176
Keywords: B000JG2LM0, Oxbridge, Oxford, Cambridge, history, England, English, Britain, British, Albert Mansbridge, signed, inscribed, signed editions, education, higher education, universities, university, study, colleges, collegiate system, WEA, Workers' Educational Association, W.E.A., educational, degrees, degree
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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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Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, ed.
Woman's Mission: a Series of Congress Papers on the Philanthropic Work of Women by Eminent Writers
(Portrayer Publishers, 2002 facsimile of 1893 ed).
For the Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893. Paperback. Light soiling to page edges, spine slightly creased, otherwise very good. viii + 485pp. Order No. NSBK-C4894
Keywords: 9781378684542, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropy, philanthropic, women, woman, women's history, woman's, woman's mission, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, poor, poverty, Victorian, nineteenth century, societies, temperance, organisations, friendly societies, friendly society, Florence Nightingale, sisterhood, charity, charities, Sarah Ponsonby, working class, working classes, needlework, poor laws, ragged schools, education, welfare, social welfare, social history, women's work, missions, women workers, rescue work, Portrayers, Portrayer Publishers, philanthropic institutions, Chicago International Exhibition of Women's Work, 1893, victoriana, Portrayer's, women's work, woman worker, woman workers
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Burnett, John, ed.
Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s
(Allen Lane, rpt, 1976).
Hardback. Lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in slightly soiled and browned dustwrapper. 364pp. Order No. NSBK-A2267
Keywords: 0713906820, working class, autobiography, Britain, British, England, English, history, working classes, autobiographies, men, women, women's, labour, labor, labouring classes, laboring classes, domestic servants, housemaids, domestic service, skilled workers, labour aristocracy, John Burnett
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West, E.G..
Education and the Industrial Revolution:
(B.T. Batsford, 1975).
Paperback. Spine faded, very good. 275pp. Order No. NSBK-A73
Keywords: 0713428929, education, school, schools, schooling, children, educating children, child, educate, educated, educator, educators, social history, children's history, education history, educational history, the history of education, educator history, child history, education study, educational study, studying education, studying educational history, infant education, infants schools, infant, work, industry, school, industrial revolution, industrial, workers, worker, worker's revolution, batsford, B.T Batsford, social history, history, historian, historical, record,
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Adams, Carol; Bartley, P; Lown, J.; Loxton C.
Under Control: Life in a Nineteenth-Century Silk Factory
(CUP, rpt, 1985).
Paperback. Covers slightly yellowed, otherwise very good. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C15108
Keywords: B004IGIH2K, silk industry, silk workers, history, factory, factories, nineteenth century, 19th century, Victorian, women workers
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Wojtczak, Helena.
Railwaywomen: Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace. (CD Rom)
(Hastings Press, 2005).
Please note that this is a CD (not an actual book) containing the book in electronic format. Foreword by Dr Colin Divall, Professor of Railway Studies. The first and definitive history of women working on the railways of Britain from 1830 to 2005, encompassing both manual and clerical staff and, to a lesser extent, shipping, workshop and catering employees. Contains a lot of material about women filling men's uniformed railway roles during the two world wars and over 200 photographs, most of which have never before been published. An entertaining read, which is also well-referenced to satisfy academics. CD. New, in perfect condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15915
Keywords: women, woman, gender, women's work, women and work, railways, railway workers, trains, steam, railwaywoman, railwaywomen, steam engine drivers, sexual discrimination, equal rights, harassment, workplace, workers, Britian, British, England, English, history, transport, British Rail, railway history, twentieth century, 20th
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Seabrook, Jeremy.
Unemployment:
(Quartet Books, 1982).
Hardback. Page edges soiled, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 226pp. Order No. NSBK-A9899
Keywords: 0704323257, unemployment, employment, work, workers, employers, employees, twentieth century, Jeremy Seabrook, eighties, redundancy
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Evans, Mary and Ungerson, Clare, eds.
Sexual Divisions: Patterns and Processes
(Tavistock Publications, 1983).
Paperback. Good. x + 213pp. Order No. NSBK-C9139
Keywords: 0422784400, women, women's history, woman, women's studies, labour, labor, sexual division of labour, female subordination, schools, the law, mental health services, housing, employment, work, women and work, women's work, women workers, unemployment
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Bruley, Sue, ed.
Working for Victory: A Diary of Life in a Second World War Factory
(History Press, 2010).
Paperback. Very good+. xxv + 226pp. Order No. NSBK-C15189
Keywords: 9780752456492, second world war, factory, factories, industry, women workers, employment
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