Poverty for Near Beginners

Politics & Social Sciences

Navvie Brick

Social Sciences

Five Leaves Publications

Sheffield and Socialism

CARPENTER, Edward

Politics & Government

Mansfield Tales is a collection of ten short stories based on real events. The characters portrayed lived in a time when the Plague, outlaws and the hangman's noose were never far away. These are people who walked the streets of blunt, plain-speaking John Cockle; poor, simple-minded Robin Down; young, innocent Bessie Sheppard. In Mansfield Tales they come to life once again.

Mansfield Tales

History

Malcom Seymour

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The Allotment: Its Landscape and Culture

Business & Money

Crouch, David

Economics

Squatters were the original householders, and this book explores the story of squatter settlements in England and Wales, from our cave-dwelling ancestors to the squeezing out of cottagers in the enclosure of the commons. There is a widespread folk belief that if a house could be erected between sundown and sunset the occupants had the right to tenure and could not be evicted. Often enquiry into the manorial court rolls shows this to be the case. Unofficial roadside settlements or encroachments onto the 'wastes' between parishes provided space for the new miners, furnacemen and artisans who made the industrial revolution, while cultivating a patch of ground and keeping a pig and some chickens. Colin Ward's book, full of local anecdote and glimpses of surviving evidence, links the hidden history of unofficial settlements with the issues raised by 20th century squatters and the 21st century claims that 'The Land is Ours'."...presents a wealth of fascinating anecdote, analysis and polemic highlighting the sheer variety of ways individuals have created sustainable homes and livelihoods in nooks and crannies at the margins of society." Regeneration and Renewal"Rural squatters are now only a footnote in social history. Their families built themselves a house on some unregarded patch of land... For years, the environmental humanist Colin Ward has tried to rescue such people from the mythology of heritage museums, the indulgences of romantic novelists and the dust of local archives; and to draw lessons from them for today. Cotters and Squatters is the latest vivid instalment of his campaign."The Independent"Ward is not averse to a little squalor, or at least untidiness. The modern countryside is altogether too neatly packaged and sewn-up for the benefits of the well-off, he feels. Overzealous planning laws, and what he calls "the suffocating nimbyism of the countryside lobby, with its Range Rover culture", are dismissed as an affront to rural history. His new book is an exploration of the long struggle of the rural poor to acquire and keep a roof over their heads."The Guardian

Cotters and Squatters: The Hidden History of Housing

Colin Ward

False Relations is a collection of short stories which range from Biblical to modern times, from Renaissance Italy to modern Israel, and from the power of music to its dangers. Michelene Wandor's poetic and dramatic skills infuse her style with delicacy, vivid voices and haunting characters. Henry VIII and Isabelle d'Este enjoy a clandestine encounter; the Mantua of Monteverdi and Salamone Rossi reverberates with the agonies and ecstasies of musical memory. The story of Esther liberates the voice of Queen Vashti, while today's musicians find the still need the myth of Orpheus. The dilimmas of being Jewish thread their way between the fifteenth century and the present-day Middle East. A challenging collection from a distinctive fictional voice.

False Relations

Wandor, Michelene

The Radical Twenties: Aspects of Writing, Politics and Culture

Literature & Fiction

Lucas, John.

History & Criticism

From the dance bands to the swing era, from the writers of standards to writers of avant garde jazz, Jews have been and are there. This text looks at the performers and writers, and explores the role of Jews in breaking the colour bar in American jazz, using jazz as an instrument against apartheid and against Soviet repression.

Jazz Jews

Gerber, Mike

Humor & Entertainment

This is No Book: A Gay Reader

Gregory Woods

British & Irish

Catalonia is a part of Spain that has its own culture, language and identity. This book examines its history, the influence left by Greeks, Romans and Arabs, its geography, the city of Barcelona and the people both past and present.

Catalonia: history and culture

John, Payne

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