Alana Erickson Coble

Cleaning Up (eBook, ePUB)

The Transformation of Domestic Service in Twentieth Century New York

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over the course of the 20th century, American domestic service changed from an occupation with a hierarchical, top-down structure to one in which relationships were more negotiated. In this groundbreaking book, Coble explores the many forces that shaped this transformation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000143836
• Artikelnr.: 60456112

Autorenporträt

An independent scholar, Alana Erickson Coble was an editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City and has published articles in that and other encyclopedias, and in Race and Reason and the Journal of International andWorking-Class History. She has also worked in technology at MIT, Columbia and internet consultancies.

Inhaltsangabe

IntroductionChapter 1. Breaking the Mold: Changing Work Structures Between
the WarsChapter 2. The Bronx Slave Market: Depersonalizing Domestic
ServiceChapter 3. From Condescension to Recruiting: Household Service
Reform Efforts from WWI through KoreaChapter 4. Seeing Similarities: The
Happy Housewife and New Respect for Domestic Servants, WW2 and
BeyondChapter 5. A New LandscapeConclusionAppendixBibliography