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Domestic service in Australia

By B. W. Higman

Book information

Publisher
Melbourne University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9780522850116
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
77 MB (80844008 bytes)
Pages
304\374
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-13 14:06:40

Description

European Australia regularly contracted domestic service as a civilizing force, not only because it enabled a cultured life for the leisured employing classes but also because it facilitated the dissemination of bourgeois models of domesticity and encouraged fertility. This study is the first attempt to produce a comprehensive account of the lives of domestic servants in Australia and an interpretation of the significance of domestic service for the larger society and economy.

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