PARKER, DAVID

Hertfordshire Children in War and Peace 1914-1939

Hatfield, Hertfordshire Publications. 2007, First Edition. (ISBN: 1905313403) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 378pp. A social history of Hertfordshire from the outbreak of the First World War to the outbreak of the Second. It concentrates on the development of education and attitudes towards the young. Fine.

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Book number: 028106

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Hertfordshire 1905313403

PARKER, TONY

Red Hill: A Mining Community

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434577715) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Signed by Peter Townsend to front end paper - otherwise 'fine'. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 196pp. Six months after the miners' strike of 1984-5, the author visited the north-east of England where he interviewed people on both sides of the dispute - miners, their wives, Union officials, policemen, shopkeepers, young people, Coal Board officials, schoolteachers and many others. This vivid social documents sets out their words. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 012884

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Miners' Strike, 1984-5, North-East England, Politics Mining Employment / Work 0434577715

PAXMAN, JEREMY

The English : A Portrait of a People

London, Michael Joseph. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718142632) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased wit very slight traces of storage. 309pp. In this study, Jeremy Paxman traces the invention of Englishness and asks, after the end of Empire, who and what are we now ?. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 027999

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Great Britain Civilization National Characteristics, History 0718142632

PERKIN, HAROLD

The Origins of Modern English Society, 1780-1880

London, Routledge. 1981. (ISBN: 0710072570) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with unmarked partly faded boards, fading to spine and no bumping to corners. 465pp. The book begins with a description of the unique features of pre-industrial society, followed by an account of the social process of industrialization throuth the Industrial Revolution and its effects upon living standards, family life and the growth of the towns and a modern class society. Near Fine.

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Book number: 006311

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, England, Industrial Revolution, Victorian, 0710072570

PHILLIPS, ARTHUR (EDITOR)

Survey of African Marriage and Family Life

London, Oxford University Press. 1953, First Edition. Hard Cover, 10 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering to spine, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with small water marks to spine and rear, sunned, tiny repair to top of spine and nicks/rubbing to edges. Fold-out map at end in perfect condition. 462pp. A detailed study into African marriage and family life and the effects on them of contact with Western civilization. Very scarce in dust jacket. Very Good (+)/Good (-).

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Book number: 017041

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Africa, Anthropology Anthropology

PICARD, LIZA

Victorian London :The Life of a City 1840-1870

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297847333) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 368pp. A history of London as the suburbs expanded and roads multiplied, railway lines, both above and underground were built as well as the essentail sewers. This period was a time of dramatic change. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 028014

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, London, Britain, 19th Century 0297847333

PICKLES, HILDA

Crooked Sixpences Among the Chalk : Seventy-Five Years of Schooling (in Tyneside & Cumbria)

Hawes, North Yorkshire, Leading Edge Press & Publishing Ltd. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0948135492) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. The author's time as pupil, teacher and co-opted Education Commitee member in the north of England from the 1920s. Fine.

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Book number: 010218

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Education, Local History, Cumbria, Tyneside, Carlisle, Teesdale, Biography Education 0948135492

PIKE, DIANA

Rossendale

Didsbury, Manchester, E.J. Morten. 1974, First Edition. Hard Cover, 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Limited Edition of 750 copies, no 383 on special hand-made paper. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, uncut page edges and no bumping to corners. The dust jacket is a thick plastic proprietary item supplied with the book. 30pp. A celebration of Rossendale, the valley to the north of Bury near Manchester in prose and poetry and illustrated by the author. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 006788

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Poetry,

LEONARD PITT

Paris Postcards (Counterpoint)

Berkeley, California, Counterpoint. 2010. (ISBN: 158243526X) Soft Cover, 7 x 10 Inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 182pp. Old-time postcards of Paris. Fine.

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Book number: 017085

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: France, Views, History 158243526x

POTTER, TERRY

Reflections on Blackpool

Book Clearance Centre. 1999. (ISBN: 1850584257) Soft Cover, 7.75 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 114pp. A wealth of information about Blackpool's history from very first the time the resort started to advertise itself - with six houses 'appropriated for the reception of company' in 1788. Illustrated. Very Good.

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Book number: 007564

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Blackpool, Lancashire 1850584257

POTTS, RICHARD

Dame Sarah's Legacy : A History of the Lady Hewley Trust

York,, The Lady Hewley Trust. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 095515880X) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. Detailed study of the Lady Hewley Trust around York where almshouses with charitable function and with a non-conformist Christian element were established at the start of the 18th century. Fine.

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Book number: 027168

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Charity, North Yorkshire, Law, Non-Conformist Religion, Social History Law 095515880x

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The Poverty of the Improvement Programme

Newcastle Upon Tyne, CDP Political Economy Collective. 1977. Soft Cover, 10.25 x 7.75 inches. Name to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 28pp. This report highlights the poor condition of much housing in Britain as Government improvement policies were in fact simply a means of reducing public expenditure on working-class housing. Very scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 024998

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social Policy, Poverty Social Policy

PUGH, PETER

The History of Blue Circle

Cambridge Business Publishing. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 1871341019) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 277pp. A history of the cement manufacturers Blue Circle from their creation by amalgamation of a number of smaller companies in 1900 to the mid-1980s. Very well illustrated. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 027511

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Business, Manufacturing, Cement Business Employment / Work 1871341019

QUENNELL, MARJORIE; QUENNELL, C.H.B.

Everyday Things in England: 1851-1914

London, Batsford Ltd. 1979. (ISBN: 071341653X) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps - minimal, to end papers and title pages only. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny scratch to rear, very slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 224pp. A social history of the period from the mid-19th century to the start of the First World War told with reference to goods, practices and everyday life. Very Good/Near Fine.

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Book number: 023179

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: History, Social History 071341653x

READ, DONALD

The English Provinces c.1760-1960 : A Study in Influence

London, Edward Arnold. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and slight rubbing to edges. 319pp. A study which explains how the English provinces reached a peak of independence and influence in the 19th century, and how this has lessened in the 20th century. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 014125

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: A Study Which Explains How the English Provinces Reached a Peak of Independance and Influence in the N19th Century, and How This Has Lessened in the 20th Century.