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Total number of records: 70

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Books and printed items68
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Brotherton Collection53
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4
Herbert Read Collection3
Leeds Russian Archive2
English Literature1

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working class70
socialism33
labor movement5
burial3
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labor unions2

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Labour Party (Great Britain)5
Fabian Society (Great Britain)4
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Chadwick, Edwin (1800-1890)3
Great Britain. Home Department3
Great Britain. Poor Law Commission3
Hoggart, Richard (1918-2014)3
Hutt, Allen (1901-1973)3

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The (London) tenant's sanitary catechism

Grove, Miss; Fabian Society (Great Britain)

1896

'December 1896'. According to E. R. Pease, History of the Fabian society, London, 1925, p. 292, this pamphlet was prepared by Miss Grove. Extracts from Public health (London) act, 1891, and Housin...

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Overcrowding in London and its remedy : a speech

Steadman, William Charles (1851-1911); Great Britain; Fabian Society (Great Britain)

1900

"Reprinted from Hansard, with a few corrections. "Delivered in the House of Commons, May 10, 1900." "An act to amend part III. of the Housing of the working classes act, 1890": p. 14-15.

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Self-government in industry

Cole, G D H (1889-1959)

1972

Originally published, London: Bell, 1917. - '... the text is reproduced facsimile except for two chapters and an appendix...' - Publisher's note.

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Report of first British Commonwealth Labour Conference held at the House of Commons, London, S.W.1, July 27 to August 1, 1925

British Commonwealth Labour Conference; Trades Union Congress; Labour Party (Great Britain)

[1925]

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The uses of literacy : aspects of working class life with special reference to publications and entertainments

Hoggart, Richard (1918-2014)

1958

First published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1957.

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The uses of literacy : aspects of working class life with special reference to publications and entertainments

Hoggart, Richard (1918-2014)

1958

First published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1957.

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Liverpool Miss

Forrester, Helen (1919-); Forrester, Helen (1919-)

1994, c1974

Originally published as Minerva's stepchild. London : Bodley Head, 1979.

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The town labourer, 1760-1832 : the new civilisation

Hammond, J L (1872-1949); Hammond, Barbara Bradby (1873-1962); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1995

"First published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1917." -- title page verso.

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