Item details: Servants : a downstairs history of Britain from the nineteenth century to modern times - 46738804

Servants : a downstairs history of Britain from the nineteenth century to modern times

text Servants : a downstairs history of Britain from the nineteenth century to modern times

Lethbridge, Lucy.

Summary: A compassionate and discerning exploration of the complex relationship between the server, the served, and the world they lived in, Servants opens a window onto British society from the Edwardian period to the present.

Contents: Preface -- The symbolic pantomime -- "A sort of silence and embarrassment" -- The dainty life -- "A seat in the hall" -- Centralising the egg yolks -- Popinjays and mob caps -- The desire for perfection -- "Some poor girl's got to go up and down, ... Read more

Format: text

Description: pages cm

Publisher: 2013

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	941.082 LET in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	941.082 LET in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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