Tag search:Social History

Dickens' London

by Charles Dickens
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, Classics, Charles Dickens, Compilation, Essays, Travel Writing, History, Social History — 10 more, Journalism, Victorian, London, England, Folio Society, New, Purchased from The Folio Society, Spring Sale, 50% Sale, Acquired in 2018
Collection
Folio Society
Status
Available
Call number
942.1081

How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Everyday Life

by Ruth Goodman
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
16th Century, 21st Century Publication, Nonfiction, English Literature, History, British History, Tudor History, Social History, Domestic Life, Sociology, Social Conditions — 7 more, Everyday Life, Tudor, Tudor England, England, Audiobook, Narrated by Patience Tomlinson, Audible.com
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
How to Be ... (2)
Status
Available
Call number
942.05

How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life

by Ruth Goodman
Digital audiobook, 2018
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Publication, Nonfiction, English Literature, History, British History, Social History, Domestic Life, Sociology, Social Conditions, Everyday Life — 8 more, Victorian, England, Rec'd by ShelfAwareness, Rec'd by souloftherose, Audiobook, Narrated by Patience Tomlinson, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2018
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
How to Be ... (1)
Status
Available
Call number
941.08

The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic: An Illustrated History

by Christopher Dell
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, Occult, Witchcraft, Witches, Magic, History, Social History, Religion, Mythology, Astrology — 17 more, Alchemy, Middle Ages, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, Rituals, Spells, Incantations, Secret Societies, Aleister Crowley, Wicca, Illustrated, Hardcover, Thames & Hudson, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Acquired in 2017, Read in 2018, Completed October 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Visual Arts, Read in 2018
Status
Available
Call number
133.4

The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606

by James Shapiro
Digital audiobook, 2016
Tags
17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, Biography, History, Social History, English History, Literary Criticism, Shakespeare, Theatre — 6 more, King Lear, Audiobook, Narrated by Robert Fass, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2017
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
822.3

Victorian Britain

by The Great Courses
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Lectures, History, Social History, Economic History, Industrial Revolution, History of Science, Imperialism, Society, Literature — 14 more, Servants, Leisure, Trains, Queen Victoria, Victorian Era, Audiobook, Narrated by the Author, The Great Courses, Library Book (National), RBdigital, Acquired in 2016, Read in 2016, Completed December 2016, Favourites of 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Series
The Great Courses (8490), The Great Courses: History (8490)
Status
Available
Call number
941.081

Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London

by Liza Picard
Paperback, 2005
Tags
16th Century, 17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, History, British History, Social History, Elizabethan, Elizabeth I, Tudors — 7 more, Tudor History, Tudor England, London, England, Reference, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2016
Series
Liza Picard London Histories (1)
Status
Available
Call number
942.1

The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Cultural Achievement

by A. L. Rowse
Paperback, 2000
Tags
16th Century, 17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, History, English History, British History, Social History, Cultural History, Culture, Elizabethan England — 9 more, Elizabethan, Tudor History, Tudors, Elizabeth I, England, Used, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Purchased from Sierra Nevada Books, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
The Elizabethan Age (3 pt. 2)
Status
Available
Call number
942.055

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

by Howard Zinn
Digital audiobook, 2009
Tags
15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Literature, History, American History — 26 more, Politics, Democracy, Social Commentary, Social History, Biography, Christopher Columbus, Native Americans, American Revolution, Slavery, Immigrants, Immigration, War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam War, Feminism, Social Movements, America, David Bowie's Top 100, Book Award Finalist, Rec'd by Whisper1, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Audiobook, Narrated by Jeff Zinn, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
A People's History
Status
Available
Call number
973

The Elizabethan Renaissance: The Life of the Society

by A. L. Rowse
Paperback, 2000
Tags
16th Century, 17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, History, English History, British History, Social History, Cultural History, Elizabethan England, Elizabethan — 7 more, Tudor History, Tudors, Elizabeth I, England, New, Purchased from Amazon.ca, Acquired in 2016
Series
The Elizabethan Age (3 pt. 1)
Status
Available
Call number
942.055

Restoration London, Everyday Life in London 1660-1670

by Liza Picard
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
17th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, History, British History, Social History, Cultural History, Restoration, King Charles II, London — 5 more, England, Rec'd by souloftherose, Purchased from The Folio Society, New Year Sale, Acquired in 2016
Collection
Folio Society
Series
Liza Picard London Histories (2)
Status
Available
Call number
942.1066

Religion and the Decline of Magic

by Keith Thomas
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Religion, Magic, Witchcraft, Social History, Rec'd by LizzieD
Status
Available
Call number
133

Jane Austen's England

by Roy Adkins
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
18th Century, 19th Century, Nonfiction, English Literature, Jane Austen, History, Social History, Social Customs, Social Life, Regency, England — 2 more, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
942.07

Testament Of Youth: An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925

by Vera Brittain
Paperback, 2015
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1900s, 1910s, Nonfiction, English Literature, Biography, Autobiography, War, WWI, Nurses — 13 more, Women's Studies, Women's History, Social History, Pacifism, England, France, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006/2008/2010/2012 Edition), Guardian Essential Library, 500 Great Books by Women, Adapted to Film, Purchased from BookDepository, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Vera Brittain's Testament (1)
Status
Available
Call number
828.91209

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883

by Simon Winchester
CD audiobook, 2004
Tags
19th Century, 1880s, 1883, 21st Century Publication, Nonfiction, Natural Disasters, History, Asian History, Indonesian History, Dutch East Indies, Science — 46 more, Geology, Volcanoes, Krakatoa, Volcanology, Plate Tectonics, Earth Science, Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Explosions, Tsunamis, Tidal Waves, Meteorology, Barometric Pressure, Environment, Climate Change, Eyewitness Accounts, Biology, Botany, Evolution, Charles Darwin, Maps, Mapmaking, Social History, Colonialism, Dutch Colonies, Dutch East India Company, Navigation, Sea Trade, Spice Trade, Pepper Trade, Religion, Islam, Religious Extremism, Sunda Strait, Batavia, Jakarta, Sumatra, Java, Indonesia, Audiobook, Narrated by Simon Winchester, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2018, Completed October 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Status
Available
Call number
551.2109598

In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815

by Jenny Uglow
Ebook, 2014
Tags
Social History, Rec'd by souloftherose, Library Book (National)
Status
Available
Call number
941.073

Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840--1870

by Liza Picard
Paperback, 2007
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, History, British History, Social History, Victorian, Victorian Era, Victorians, London — 4 more, England, Reference, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2015
Series
Liza Picard London Histories (4)
Status
Available
Call number
941

Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in the Second World War

by Virginia Nicholson
Digital audiobook, 2012
Tags
20th Century, 1940s, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, History, English History, Social History, Women's History, Women's Studies, Women — 14 more, War, WWII, Home Front, England, Rec'd by souloftherose, Audiobook, Narrated by Patience Tomlinson, Narrated by Annie Aldington, Narrated by Rachel Bavidge, Narrated by Julie Maisey, Narrated by Georgina Sutton, Purchased from Amazon.com, 50% Sale, Acquired in 2015
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
940.53082

The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

by Judith Flanders
Paperback, 2014
Tags
19th Century, Nonfiction, Murder, Victorian, True Crime, Social History, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
364.152

The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed

by Judith Flanders
Paperback, 2004
Tags
19th Century, Nonfiction, Social History, Victorian, Victorian Era, Rec'd by lyzard, Rec'd by souloftherose, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
909

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

by Paula Byrne
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
18th Century, 1770s, 1780s, 1790s, 19th Century, 1800s, 1810s, 18th Century Literature, 19th Century Literature, 21st Century Publication, Nonfiction — 26 more, Biography, Authors, Female Authors, Jane Austen, Literature, Literary Biography, English Literature, History, English History, Social History, Relationships, Family, Siblings, Sisters, Brothers & Sisters, British Navy, Publishing, Regency, Rec'd by Marissa_Doyle, Rec'd by elkiedee, Narrated by Kate Reading, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Read in 2015, Completed April 2015
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.7

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, Memoirs, Social History, Mortality, Medicine, Science, Health Care, Elderly People, Death — 26 more, Dying, Palliative Care, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Hospice Care, Terminal Care, Terminal Illness, Cancer, Compassion, Psychology, Ethics, Rec'd by msf59, Rec'd by jnwelch, Rec'd by EBT1002, Rec'd by luvamystery65, Rec'd by Donna828, Audiobook, Narrated by Robert Petkoff, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2015, Picked by mdoris, Picked for Me 2016, Read in 2016, Completed March 2016, Favourites of 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
362.17

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume I: 1660 - 1663

by Samuel Pepys
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
17th century, Nonfiction, English Literature, Biography, Autobiography, Diary, Classics, History, British History, Social History, Plague — 10 more, King Charles II, Restoration, Samuel Pepys, Guardian 100 Greatest Non-Fiction, Audiobook, Narrated by Leighton Pugh, Naxos Audiobooks, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2015, Returned for refund
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available

The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England

by Ian Mortimer
Digital audiobook, 2013
Tags
16th Century, 17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, History, English History, British History, Social History, Cultural History, Popular History, Time Travel — 11 more, Elizabethan England, Elizabethan, Tudor History, Tudors, Elizabeth I, England, Audiobook, Narrated by Mike Grady, Purchased from Audible.com, Audible Sale, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Time Traveller's Guide (2)
Status
Available
Call number
942.055

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

by Ian Mortimer
Paperback, 2011
Tags
14th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, History, English History, British History, Social History, Cultural History, Popular History, Time Travel, Medieval History — 6 more, Medieval England, Middle Ages, Medieval, England, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2014
Series
Time Traveller's Guide (1)
Status
Available
Call number
942.03

Mrs. Woolf and the Servants: An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury

by Alison Light
Paperback, 2009
Tags
20th Century, 21st Century Publication, Nonfiction, Biography, Literary Biography, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Group, Virginia Woolf, Social History, Cultural History, Domestic Service — 7 more, Servants, Feminism, England, Rec'd by souloftherose, Rec'd by Crazymamie, Purchased from BookOutlet, Acquired in 2014
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The Victorians

by A.N. Wilson
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
19th Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Author, History, British History, Biography, Social History, Victorians, Victorian Era, Queen Victoria — 6 more, British Empire, Used, Folio Society, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Kestrel Books, Acquired in 2014
Collection
Folio Society
Series
Britain Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
941.081

One Summer: America, 1927

by Bill Bryson
CD audiobook, 2013
Tags
20th Century, 1920s, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, History, American History, Social History, Aviation, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Boxing — 6 more, America, Audiobook, Narrated by the Author, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
973.91

The Elizabethan Underworld

by Gamini Salgado
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
16th Century, 20th Century Literature, Nonfiction, History, British History, Social History, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Crime, England, Hardcover — 5 more, Folio Society, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Loe Books, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Folio Society
Status
Available
Call number
364.942

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson
CD audiobook, 2010
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Nonfiction, American Author, History, Social History, Sociology, Houses, Architecture, Domestic Life, Humour — 5 more, Audiobook, Narrated by the Author, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
643.1

London Characters & Crooks

by Henry Mayhew
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century Publication, Nonfiction, British History, Social History, Poverty, Working Class, Crime, Prostitution, Folio Society, New — 3 more, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Broad Street Book Centre, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Folio Society
Status
Available
Call number
942.12081

Lark Rise to Candleford

by Flora Thompson
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
19th Century, 19th Century Literature, Nonfiction, English Literature, Memoirs, Autobiographical, Social History, Country Life, Rural Life, Oxfordshire, England — 7 more, 20th Century Publication, Folio Society, Hardcover, Illustrated by Sue Scullard, Used, Purchased from Contact Editions, Acquired in 2013
Collection
Folio Society
Series
Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy (1-3)
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832

by Stella Tillyard
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Social History, Seen at Folio Society, Rec'd by LizzieD, Library Book (National)
Status
Available
Call number
920

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

by Barbara W. Tuchman
CD audiobook, 2005
Tags
14th Century, 20th Century Publication, Nonfiction, History, European History, Middle Ages, Social History, National Book Award, BookDepository's 100 Best Books Ever, 500 Great Books by Women, Rec'd by Chatterbox — 5 more, Audiobook, Narrated by Nadia May, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale
Collection
Audiobooks
Status
Available
Call number
944.025

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell
Paperback, 2009
Tags
20th Century, 20th Century Literature, 1920s, 1930s, Nonfiction, English Literature, Autobiographical, Memoirs, Authors, Journalism, George Orwell — 30 more, Poverty, Pawnbrokers, Homelessness, Hunger, Tramping, Tramps, Postwar, Travel, Working Class, Hotels, Hotel Workers, Waiters, Dishwashers, Plogeurs, Sociology, Social Commentary, Social History, London, England, Paris, France, Rec'd by phebj, Audiobook, Narrated by Patrick Tull, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2011, Picked by avatiakh, Picked for Me 2016, Read in 2016, Completed January 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016, Picked for Me 2016
Status
Available
Call number
914.436

The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant (Illustrated History Paperbacks)

by Pamela Horn
Paperback, 1995
Tags
19th Century, 20th Century Publication, Nonfiction, History, Sociology, Social History, Servants, Domestics, Women, Victorian, England — 6 more, Rec'd by Fourpawz2, Used, Purchased from AbeBooks, Purchased from Antiquarius Booksellers, To Read, Acquired in 2011
Status
Available
Call number
331.2041640460942

Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance

by Lisa Jardine
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Nonfiction, Economic History, Economics, Social History, Renaissance, Library Book
Status
Available
Call number
940.21

Colors: What They Mean and How to Make Them

by Anne Varichon
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
21st Century, Nonfiction, Art, Fine Arts, Art History, Colour, Culture, Social History, Illustrated, Creativity, Hardcover — 5 more, Design History, Translation, Harry N. Abrams, New, To Read
Collection
Visual Arts
Status
Available
Call number
667.2
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