New Releases by Pamela Horn

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Illustrations and tables -- AcknowledgementsI -- The rural community at the end of the eighteenth century -- 2 The pressures of war -- 3 The post-war world -- 4 The relief of the poor -- 5 Village institutions -- 6 Crime and punishment -- 7 Politics and protectionism: 1830s-1850s -- 8 The rural community in the mid nineteenth century -- Appendix 1 Labouring people's budgets in the 1780s -- Appendix 2 Paternalism andsocial policy on the landed estate: Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, in the early nineteenthcentury -- Appendix 3 Extracts from the diary of the Rev. W.C. Risley, vicar of Deddington, for 1838 -- Appendix 4 Labouring people's budgets in the 1840s and 1850s -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- I ndex

The story of the shopworkers who emerged during the Victorian and Edwardian era to cater for all clientele from behind the counters of the increasing number of shops and lavish department stores.

The real lives of women in Britain's country houses.

A guided tour of this historic town, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.

The real lives of servants in the second half of the twentieth century.

Real women's lives in the era of The Great Gatsby.

Forget glossy period dramas, here is the real story of Britain's super-rich from the First World War to the end of the 'roaring' twenties.

A fascinating glimpse of life below stairs, This book tells the stories of the lives the people who lived and worked there.

An honest account of what life was really like for the rural community in the Victorian age

What was it like to live in a Victorian Household? What time did the servants have to get up? What was the food like and who cooked it? How did the clothing differ for the different types of servants? How much did the servants get paid? This book shows you what it was really like to live in Victorian times, for those both above and below stairs.

As a Victorian lady, what unspoken rules governed what you wore, how you spoke, and how you filled your time? This fascinating book takes you back in time to show you just how your day would be, and how it differed from lower class life.

Richly illustrated with artwork and contemporary cartoons, this is a fascinating and engaging account of a neglected aspect of Victorian life.

A superbly- illustrated account of the British system of education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

A fascinating and very readable exploration of how young offenders have passed through the legal justice system over 300 years.

The fascinating history of Abingdon, illustrated through old and modern pictures.

The rise of urban society saw a great majority of people living in towns at the end of the 19th century and, in industrial centres, the proportion of children was well above the national average. Horn examines their lifestyles and attitudes to them.

This short book provides a succinct account of changes in children's work and welfare in Britain between 1780 and 1890. It examines both the scale and the nature of child employment and the changing attitude of society towards it at a time when Britain was becoming the 'workshop of the world'. The further development of industry in the second half of the nineteenth century meant that the need for juvenile workers declined. At the same time the efforts of philanthropists and the State led to legal curbs on the kinds of jobs children could perform and the minimum age at which they could commence them. The author concludes that the century after 1780 saw a progressive lengthening of childhood as a stage of life, and that by 1890 children had been recognised as 'special cases' in need of protective legislation. However, for the poorest and most disadvantaged families life remained a struggle, and children continued to pick up a living where they could.

Victorian England measured social acceptability in terms of the number of servants employed in a household. This frequently overlooked body of workers actually formed the largest occupational group in the country by the end of the 19th century. In this account, the author draws on contemporary sources, including servants' books and personal reminiscences of servants and employers, to offer a record of recruitment and training; the duties expected of servants; and the range of conditions under which they worked - some of which led to happy retirement, others to prostitution or squalid death. Complemented with photographs, Punch illustrations and other ephemera, the book offers a picture of this vanished social system.

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