How Our Ancestors Lived: A History of Life a Hundred Years Ago

David Hey

National Archives, 2003 - Reference - 197 pages

1901 was a momentous year in British history. The glorious reign of Queen Victoria finally came to an end, the Boer War was raging and life for ordinary men and women was changing apace. This text, based on data from the National Census of the time, is an illustrated history of life in Britain in 1901.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How Our Ancestors Lived: A History of Life a Hundred Years Ago
• Author: David Hey
• Contributor: National Archives (Great Britain)
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: National Archives, 2003
• ISBN: 1903365554, 9781903365557
• Length: 197 pages
• Subjects: Reference / Genealogy & Heraldry; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Social Science / Sociology / General