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.

What did the Victorians do for fun? This book is a fascinating account of leisure and pleasure in the age of the Industrial Revolution

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

In the world of the late-Victorian and Edwardian country house the mistress and her daughters had many social duties and responsibilities to carry out both in their home community and in London, where they spent the Season and where the girls officially entered Society by being presented at Court. Pamela Horn''s book examines the lives of these real ''Downton Abbey'' ladies from their childhood and marriage to their role as a ''Lady Bountiful''. It covers their leisure pursuits, sporting activities, country-house weekends, and much more besides, up to the life-transforming years of the First World War.

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.

Presented in a small gift book format, this series offers books that intend to take the reader back in time and show them what it was really like to be a Victorian Lady, what sights and smells would be around them, and what day-to-day life would involve in terms of food, clothing, living quarters, kitchens, and more.

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

Country houses formed a distinct community and power base within the broader Victorian countryside. This book shows how landed families'' day-to-day existence depended on the skills of the indoor servants who provided their meals and ministered to their general comfort, and the outdoor staff who contributed to their leisure and sporting pursuits. It considers the relationship - and the divisions - between those living ''above stairs'' and and the carefully considered hierarchy of domestics who met their needs ''below stairs''. Also considered are the wider social activities of the two groups who, while living under the same roof, experienced a very different daily round. That applied to preparations for the holding of house parties and the running of sporting events, as well as the important social influence exerted by the London ''Season''.

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.

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

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

Servant Lives explores the servant''s diminiishing role in England.

History of the National Institute of Houseworkers. Dorothy Elliott was an early chair of the NIH Board.

The complete servant is a fascinating source of social history and a guide to backstairs living in both large and modest house of the late Georgian era. It was first published in 1825 ...

It was a paradox of 19th-century Britain that while work was the bedrock upon which the Victorian vision of progress and improvement was constructed, the years between 1837 and 1901 also saw the greatest upsurge in leisure pursuits hitherto witnessed. This book deals with the pleasures and pastimes enjoyed by the Victorians, setting the various activities enjoyed into the context of the growth of leisure time and changes in occupational structure, as well as the increasing concentration of people in urban society. It reveals how a more structured approach to leisure came about throughout the period, with the creation of parks, libraries, art galleries and museums. Greater literacy widened horizons, while technological change also had its effect in making available cheap books, newspapers and musical instruments.

This addition to the Britain in Old Photographs series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed.

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.