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The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant by Pamela Horn is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant about?

Victorian England measured social acceptability in terms of the number of servants employed in a household. It is perhaps unsuprising then that this frequently overlooked body of workers actually formed the largest occupational group in the country at the end of the nineteenth century. In this illustrated account, Pamela Horn draws upon a wealth of contemporary sources and 'servants' books' as well as personal reminiscences by servants and employers. She presents a comprehensive record of recruitment and training; the duties expected by servants, and the wide range of conditions under which they worked, some of which led to happy retirement, others to prostitution or squalid death. It is a compelling picture of a vanished social system

Who reads The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Pamela Horn
Publisher
Sutton Publishing Ltd
Published
1989
Language
EN
ISBN
9780717107469
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Sociology, Management, History

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