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Labours Lost

- Domestic Service and the Making of Modern England

About Labours Lost

Restoring servants' lost labours to their rightful place, Carolyn Steedman's unique account of the hidden history of servants and their employers in late eighteenth-century England provides a profound re-reading of this formative period in English social history, examining how servants thought about and articulated their resentments.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521516372
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 426
  • Published:
  • November 11, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 158x235x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 8 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 18, 2024

Description of Labours Lost

Restoring servants' lost labours to their rightful place, Carolyn Steedman's unique account of the hidden history of servants and their employers in late eighteenth-century England provides a profound re-reading of this formative period in English social history, examining how servants thought about and articulated their resentments.

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