Keeping their place : domestic service in the country house
Sambrook, Pamela2007
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In 1851 there were over a million servants in Britain. Drawing on letters, diaries, household bills and autobiographies, 'Keeping Their Place' provides a vivid insight into the day-by-day lives of country house servants between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, revealing first-hand tales of put-upon servants.
Main title:
Keeping their place : domestic service in the country house / Pamela Sambrook.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2007.
Collation:
xx, 252 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index.
ISBN:
9780750935609 (pbk)
Dewey class:
640.460941
Local class:
640.460941
Language:
English
Subject:
Domestics -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryDomestics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryDomestics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th centuryGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryHouse and Home
BRN:
1359471