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 Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together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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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins.
The Man-Made World: or, Our Androcentric Culture
(T. Fisher Unwin, first UK edition, 1911).
Small green splash to front inner board. Overall good+, a solid copy for the collector. Hardback. Original dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Boards a little scratched, & with light blotching. Corners worn & top spine end slightly split. Else good+. 269pp. Order No. NSBK-A13725
Keywords: B00085ZQRE, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, women writers, man-made world, men, masculinity, feminism, ethics, humanity, economics, education, women's emancipation, history, twentieth century, UK 1st editions, first editions
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Pedley, Robin.
The Comprehensive School:
(Penguin, 1963).
Paperback. Ex library with usual library stickers, pages slightly browned and covers edgeworn, internally good. 222pp. Order No. NSBK-A12290
Keywords: B0000CNQ8G, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, comprehensives, Britain, British, England, English, history, Robin Pedley
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Porter, Mrs Horace.
Mary Sumner: her Life and Work
(Mothers' Union, 3rd edition, 1950).
Founder of the Mothers' Union. Hardback. Blank frontispiece page lacks corner, edges of boards rubbed, otherwise very good. xii + 109pp. Order No. NSBK-C4114
Keywords: B000X65TWK, Mothers' Union, motherhood, history, biography, biographies, life stories, Mary Sumner, Winchester, nineteenth century, Victorian
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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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Naylor, Leonard E.
Dachshunds:
(Williams and Norgate, revised & reprinted, 1949).
With 17 illustrations. Hardback. Red boards slightly marked, otherwise good. 95pp. Order No. NSBK-A8736
Keywords: B0007J3GQY, Dachshunds, dogs, show dogs, showing Dachshunds, breeding Dachshunds, history, puppy, puppies, breeds, dog, dog breeds, how to breed Dachshunds
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Barnard, Mary.
Diary of an Optimist:
(The Larks Press, rpt., 1997).
Paperback. Very good+. 190pp. Order No. NSBK-C10352
Keywords: 0948400323, Mary Barnard, women, woman, women's studies, women's history, children, motherhood, mothers, twentieth century, Britain, British, England, English, home helps, rationing, food, clothing, shortages, teachers, education, counsellors, magistrates, journalists
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Reay, Barry.
Watching Hannah: Sexuality, Horror and Bodily De-formation in Victorian England
(Reaktion Books Limited, 2002).
Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. 199pp. Order No. NSBK-H13042
Keywords: 1861891199. Hannah Cullwick, Arthur Munby, servants, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, body, bodies, working class, working classes, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th
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Wilkins, John.
John Wilkins:
(Anthony Reynolds Gallery, 1989).
Paperback. Fine. 9pp. Order No. NSBK-A11187
Keywords: 1870865456, art, artists, painters, paintings, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, John Wilkins
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Ramazanoglu, Caroline.
Feminism and the Contradictions of Oppression:
(Routledge, rpt, 1993).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation, otherwise good+. ix + 218pp. Order No. NSBK-C917
Keywords: 0415028361, feminism, oppression, feminists, theory, history of ideas, feminist politics, Britain, British, England, English, power, liberation
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