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The domestic servant class in eighteenth-century England
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The article was published on 1956-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 76 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Servant.read more
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Research on Gossip: Taxonomy, Methods, and Future Directions
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WOMEN WITHOUT MEN : Widows and spinsters in Britain and France in the eighteenth century
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the daily lot of single women in terms of service and philanthropic effort, in addition to the particular contribution of women in the traditional sectors of female work, such as domestic service, textile industry and service trades.
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How to Secure Your Husband’s Esteem. Accounting and Private Patriarchy in the British Middle Class Household During the Nineteenth Century
TL;DR: In this paper, it is shown that domestic accounting systems were founded on stewardship and hierarchical accountability and thereby contributed to the operation of masculine domination in the middle class family in Britain during the nineteenth century.
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Servants: The Obsolescence of an Occupational Role
TL;DR: The servant role, it is argued in this article, is obsolete in modern society and it is in essence rooted in ascribed status, particularistic standards, and diffuse obligations, and the master's family "greedily" attempts to absorb the total personality of the servant, and ties him to the household in a totalistic manner.