Household servants in early modern England / R.C. Richardson.

Author/creator Richardson, R. C.
Format Book
Publication InfoManchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Descriptionxii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Household employees--England. --History. --17th century.
Household employees--England. --History. --18th century.
Household employees--England. --Social conditions.
Women household employees--England. --History. --17th century.
Women household employees--England. --History. --18th century.
England--Social life and customs. --17th century.
England--Social life and customs. --18th century.

Contents Studying household servants -- The instabilities of representation : household servants in early modern drama -- Self-representations of servants -- Employing and serving -- Housing, diet, dress, welfare, recreation and education -- Servants, godly households and social engineering -- Order and disorder in the household -- The 'servant problem' -- Servants and the law -- Early modern servants in perspective.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 232-249) and index.
LCCN 2010280902
ISBN9780719068942 (hbk.)
ISBN0719068940 (hbk.)
ISBN0719068959 (pbk.)
ISBN9780719068959 (pbk.)