1st Edition

Domestic Service and Gender, 1660-1750 Life and work in the London household

By Tim Meldrum Copyright 2000
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this exciting new study Tim Meldrum explores the "real lives" of domestic servants. From close examination of court records and other documentary evidence, he has reconstructed the lives of ordinary domestic servants in London. A revealing account of life below the stairs, the gendered nature of domestic service, how different members of the household interacted with one another, it makes a valuable contribution to the "separate spheres" debate.

    List of tables Acknowledgernents 1. Introduction 2. Mettropolitan seivice: the London context 3. Service, mastery and authority 4. Househol relations 5. Domestic service as work 6. Wages and remuneration 7. Conclusion Appendix I Bibliography essay Index

    Biography

    Tim Meldrum

    'This is a well-written book that deserves to reach an audience outside its specialism.  Those studying households and families will need to read it and those studying the socail history of this period will benefit from it.'

    Continuity and Change Vol 17/2 - 2002, Leonard Schwarz, Department of Economic History