Knowing their place: domestic service in twentieth-century Britain

Historians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete or redundant sector from the middle of the 20th century. 'Knowing Their Place' challenges this by linking the early 20th century employment of maids and cooks to later practices of employing au pairs, mothers' helps, a...

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Main Author: Delap, Lucy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Historians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete or redundant sector from the middle of the 20th century. 'Knowing Their Place' challenges this by linking the early 20th century employment of maids and cooks to later practices of employing au pairs, mothers' helps, and cleaners
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0199572941
9780199572946
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199572946.001.0001

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