Muggeridge, Kitty and Adam, Ruth.
Beatrice Webb: A Life, 1858-1943
(Academy Chicago, rpt, 1983).
Paperback. Marginal ink notation (very marginal), otherwise good. 271 + vipp. Order No. NSBK-C5304
Keywords: 0897330889, Beatrice Webb, Webb, Webbs, biography, biographies, life histories, life history, women's history, Fabian society, left, Sudney Webb, London School of Economics, The New Statesman, social reform, Modern Welfare State, journals, diary, diaries, socialists, socialism, Stalin, Russia, women's movement, feminism, feminist, Herbert Spencer, Balfour, Haldane, G. B. Shaw
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Glendinning, Caroline and Miller, Jane, eds.
Women and Poverty in Britain:
(Wheatsheaf, 1987).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xiv + 302pp. Order No. NSBK-A15225
Keywords: 9780745003078, women, Britain, poverty, welfare, British
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Pugh, Martin.
State and Society: British Political and Social History, 1870-1992
(Edward Arnold, 1994).
Paperback. Minor pencil annotation. With newspaper cuttings pasted to front endpapers, otherwise very good. viii + 352pp. Order No. NSBK-A8680
Keywords: 9780340507100, Britain, British, England, English, history, state, industrial decline, social conditions, social welfare, 19th century, nineteenth century, Victorian, twentieth century, 20th century, society, politics, political
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Stocks, Mary.
My Commonplace Book: an Autobiography
(Peter Davies, rpt, 1970).
Women's suffrage; the welfare state; the L.S.E.; adult education; the Great Depression in Manchester; social work in London; a variety of government assignments. Hardback. Very good in soiled, slightly torn dustwrapper. ix + 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C779
Keywords: 0432157506, suffrage, suffragette, women's rights, L.S.E., the Great Depression, adult education, Manchester, London, social work, welfare state, England, Britain, history, English, British
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Heron, Liz.
Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties
(Virago, rpt, 1985).
Paperback. With newspaper review pasted inside front cover, back cover slightly browned, otherwise a good copy. viii + 248pp. Order No. NSBK-C2389
Keywords: 0860685969, fifties, growing up, education, history, girls, women, post-war, welfare state, feminism, society, social, careers, childhood, child, girlhood
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Wilson, Andrew, ed.
The Modern Physician: Being a Complete Guide to the Attainment and Preservation of Health
(Caxton Publishing, 1913).
Volume IV ONLY of five. Frontispiece portrait lacks tissue paper covering. Hardbacks. Original green / gilt cloth a little marked and rubbed, with wear to edges, otherwise a good solid copy. Single volume only, Vol 4. viii + 296pp. Order No. NSBK-A7370
Keywords: B000881XCI, social history, Edwardian health, twentieth century, medical, medicine, medical history, Dr Andrew Wilson, Britain, British, England, English, physicians, physician, welfare, organs, circulation, treatments, symptoms, ailments, diseases, women, men, children, doctors, illnesses, hygiene, fevers, vaccinations, drugs, exercise, exercising, exercises
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Kirkby, Diane.
The Power of Pen and Voice: The Life of an Australian-American Labor Reformer
(CUP, 1991).
Hardback. Very good+ in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper. xxvi + 254pp. Order No. NSBK-A12390
Keywords: 0521391024, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, Australia, Australian, biography, biographies, biographical, lives, life, life histories, life history, twentieth century, 20th, writers, writing, labour reformer, labor, Alice Henry, social welfare
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Goodman, Dave.
No Thanks to Lloyd George: The Forgotten Story - How the Old Age Pension Was Won
(D Goodman, 1987).
Paperback. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise good+. 64pp. Order No. NSBK-A13521
Keywords: 0951279408, pensions, old age pension, history, Lloyd George, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, welfare, old age, state welfare, national insurance, pensioners, retirement, Edwardian, economy
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Stewart, Angus, ed.
Contemporary Britain:
(RKP, 1983).
Paperback. Spine creased, covers edge worn, otherwise good. ix + 262pp. Order No. NSBK-A11311
Keywords: 071009406X, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, social welfare, twentieth century, 20th, politics, political, social, race relations, middle class
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