The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant (Illustrated History Paperbacks) - Softcover

Horn, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750909781 ISBN 13: 9780750909785

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Unique social history. Illustrated. 250pp.

About this title

Synopsis:

Victorian England measured social acceptability in terms of the number of servants employed in a household. This frequently overlooked body of workers actually formed the largest occupational group in the country by the end of the 19th century. In this account, the author draws on contemporary sources, including "servants' books" and personal reminiscences of servants and employers, to offer a record of recruitment and training; the duties expected of servants; and the range of conditions under which they worked - some of which led to happy retirement, others to prostitution or squalid death. Complemented with photographs, "Punch" illustrations and other ephemera, the book offers a picture of this vanished social system.

About the Author:

Pamela Horn has lectured for over twenty years at Oxford Brookes University as well as being an external examiner for a number of educational institutions. She has also written Life Below Stairs. The Victorian Country Child, Ladies of the Manor and Women in the 1920's.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0750909781
• ISBN 13: 9780750909785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256