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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Silver, R & Brandenburger, Caroline.
Establishment Wives:
(W.H.Allen, 1989).
Hardback. Ex library, well used, good. vii + 240pp. Order No. NSBK-C2765
Keywords: 1852271418, wife, marriage, the Establishment, business, professions, law, academia
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 1
(Caliban Books, 1980).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 276pp. Order No. NSBK-A13114
Keywords: 0904573206, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, cholera, Bermondsey, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, workhouses, diet, clothes, poor law, employment, London
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King, J.E.
Richard Marsden and the Preston Chartists:
(Centre for North West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster, 1981).
Paperback. New book, fine. viii + 48pp. Order No. NSBK-A2958
Keywords: 0901699764, Chartism, Preston, Chartists, Richard Marsden, General Strike, Corn Law, handloom weaving, weaving, radical, _UL, history, Britain, British, England, English, Lancaster University, Centre for North West Regional Studies
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Halford, Alison.
No Way Up the Greasy Pole:
(Constable, 1993).
With Trevor Barnes. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 249pp. Order No. NSBK-C7951
Keywords: 009472380X, police, police force, policemen, policewomen, policeman, policewoman, sexual equality, sex discrimination, feminism, feminists, law, jobs, employment, work, assistant Chief Constable,Equal Opportunities Commission, rights, women's rights, Police Complaints Authority, women's work, women and work, Britain, British, England, English, police officers, history, policing, careers
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Royal Commission on Equal Pay, .
Royal Commission on Equal Pay: 1944 - 46 Report
(HMSO, 1946).
Important source material on the gender division of labour in the 1940s. Paperback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, some damage to binding at spine ends, (front cover detached by 2 inches at top), otherwise good. xi + 220pp. Order No. NSBK-A7688
Keywords: equal pay, pay, employment, Royal Commission on Equal Pay, reports, gender, gender division of labour, labour, history, labor, industry, industries, women, men, workers, teaching, public service, local government, employees, wages, economy, economic, professions, law, period sources, jobs, occupations, booklet
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Mort, Frank.
Dangerous Sexualities: Medico-Moral Politics in England since 1830
(RKP, 1987).
Paperback. With newspaper reviews pasted to endpapers, covers browned, otherwise a good copy. ix + 280pp. Order No. NSBK-A9632
Keywords: 0710208561, sexuality, sexualities, medico-moral, medicine, science, England, English, history, Britain, British, disease, STD, health, AIDS, twentieth century, nineteenth, 20th, 19th, Victorian, moral purity, sanitary, legislation, laws, medical
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Central Office of Information, .
Women in Britain:
(H.M.S.O, 1991).
Paperback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good+. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-C10095
Keywords: 0117016322, women in Britain, sport, education, employment, health, social welfare, legal, laws, criminal justice, culture, media
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Holland, Bernard.
The Fall of Protection, 1840-1850:
(Porcupine, rpt, 1980).
Hardback. Very good. x + 372pp. Order No. NSBK-A3934
Keywords: 0879918578, protection, Britian, British, history, England, English, Victorian, Robert Peel, the Hungry Forties, protectionism, protectionists, corn law, corn laws, Condition of England
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Mayhew, Henry.
The Morning Chronicle Survey of Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts. Volume 2
(Caliban Books, 1981).
Paperback. Spine a little browned. A few light marks to card covers, otherwise very good. 335pp. Order No. NSBK-A13115
Keywords: 0904573214, Victorian, 1840s, forties, 19th century, nineteenth century, labour, poor, poverty, Henry Mayhew, social surveys, social investigations, sanitation, oral history, wages, sweated labour, poor law, employment, hucksters, alcohol, drinking, housing, coal, pawn-broking, tailoring, pubs, publicans, public houses, London
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