Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
Price £13.99.
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Oakley, Ann.
Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents Early Years
(Flamingo, 1997).
Paperback. Spine creased and cover edges worn, otherwise good. xiii + 338pp. Order No. NSBK-C10416
Keywords: 0006550134, parents, Richard Titmuss, Kay Titmuss, Kay Miller, welfare state, biography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, feminism, feminists, family, social history, families, Britain, British, England, English, twentieth century, 20th
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Mackay, Shena, ed.
Such Devoted Sisters: An Anthology of Stories
(Virago, 1994).
Paperback. Cover and spine slightly creased, otherwise good. 330pp. Order No. NSBK-A10752
Keywords: 1853817554, story, stories, sisters, sororiety, women, women's history, woman, female, tales, literature, literary, family, families
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Dyhouse, Carol.
Feminism and the Family in England, 1880-1939:
(Basil Blackwell, 1989).
Out-of-print paperback. Paperback. Scattered ink annotation not affecting legibility, otherwise good. vi + 204pp. Order No. NSBK-C5789
Keywords: 0631167366, feminism, women, history, family, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, nineteenth century, twentieth century, domestic, domesticity, marriage, sexuality, private sphere, separate spheres, economic, reproduction, childbirth, childcare, families
Price £16.00.
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Seccombe, Wally.
A Millennium of Family Change: Feudalism to Capitalism in Northwestern Europe
(Verso, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in slightly chipped dustwrapper. vii + 343pp. Order No. NSBK-C11822
Keywords: 0860913325, family, families, feudalism, capitalism, capitalists, Europe, European, Northwestern, politics, political, economic, economy, economies
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Waldfogel, Jane.
Women Working for Less: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Family Gap
(STICERD, 1993).
A discussion paper. Paperback. Biro annotation on front cover, otherwise very good. 61pp. Order No. NSBK-C10415
Keywords: B000HBZR3C, women, women's work, women and work, gender, family, families, economy, economics, wages, pay, twentieth century, 20th, Britain, British, England, English, history
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Laderman, Carol.
Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia
(California UP, rpt., 1987).
Paperback. Some minor marginal pencil annotation, otherwise good. vii + 267pp. Order No. NSBK-C5978
Keywords: 0520060369, Carol Laderman, Malays, Malaysia, childbirth, children, birth, pregnancy, midwives, midwife, pregnant, nutrition, food, natal, diet, dietary, ritual, medical, medicine, shaman, fieldworkers, Southeast Asia, Asian, mothers, motherhood, maternal, wife, wives, families, family, twentieth century, babies, baby, maternity, midwifery
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Anderson, Christopher.
The Domestic Constitution or the Family Circle: the Source and Test of National Stability
(W.P. Kennedy, Edinburgh, new & improved edition, 1847).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps & stickers, embossed cloth rubbed / slightly marked, a little splitting top spine end & internally at spine, otherwise good, tight. xviii + 464pp. Order No. NSBK-A5355
Keywords: B000W6Q560, domestic, domesticity, contemporary comment, history, Britain, British, England, English, family, families, nineteenth century, domestic constitution, national stability, nation, nationhood, parenthood, civilisation, parents, instruction, advice books, moral, moral constitution, mores, morality, obedience, domestic education, domestic government, obligation, right, duties, duty, responsibility, responsibilities, domestic circles, reason, rational, religion, religious, educating children, antiquarian
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Wicks, Ben.
No Time to Wave Goodbye: True Stories of Britain's 3,500,000 Evacuees
(Bloomsbury, 1988).
Hardback. Very good in lightly scuffed dustwrapper. xi + 228pp. Order No. NSBK-A2182
Keywords: 0747500835, evacuation, evacuees, World War II, Second World War, history, evacuee, family, families, total war, wartime, Britain, British, England, English, children, child
Price £6.00.
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Proudfoot, Karin.
Genealogy for Beginners:
(Phillimore and Co, Ltd, 2003).
Paperback. Very good+. xii + 126pp. Order No. NSBK-J12583
Keywords: 1860772684, genealogy, family history, families, family trees, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK
Price £6.40.
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