Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times - Softcover

Lethbridge, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393349802 ISBN 13: 9780393349801

Verlag: W W NORTON & CO, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Tamaño de la bolsa: MINI / mini
Estructura interior de la bolsa: bolsillo con cremallera Mezzanine.
Estilo: Europa y América

Material: cuero de la PU
Patrón: patrón geométrico
Elementos populares: tejer

Tipo de bolsa exterior: bolsillo abierto
Piezas de elevación: mango suave
Método de procesamiento: relieve

Forma de bolsa: sección transversal cuadrada
Bolso estilo moda: bolso cuadrado pequeño.
Método de apertura: cremallera

Textura de la tela: PU
Textura del forro: poliéster.

Dureza: suave
Correas de hombro: sin tirantes

Color: púrpura, verde, azul, negro, rojo grande, rosa rojo, marrón, azul lago
Temporada del año: Primavera 2019
Estilo: bolsa de cosméticos

Género aplicable: femenino
Último tiempo de entrega: 1

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Críticas:

Lethbridge writes with sympathy about her subject . Evenhanded to the end, [she] stresses the inherent dignity of domestic service. --Matthew Price"

Reseña del editor:

From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, servants were essential to the British way of life. They were hired not only for their skills but also to demonstrate the social standing of their employers even as they were required to tread softly and blend into the background. More than simply the laboring class serving the upper crust as popular culture would have us believe they were a diverse group that shaped and witnessed major changes in the modern home, family, and social order. Spanning over a hundred years, Lucy Lethbridge?in this "best type of history" (Literary Review)?brings to life through letters and diaries the voices of countless men and women who have been largely ignored by the historical record. She also interviews former and current servants for their recollections of this waning profession. At the fore are the experiences of young girls who slept in damp corners of basements, kitchen maids who were required to stir eggs until the yolks were perfectly centered, and cleaners who had to scrub floors on their hands and knees despite the wide availability of vacuum cleaners. We also meet a lord who solved his inability to open a window by throwing a brick through it and Winston Churchill s butler who did not think Churchill would know how to dress on his own. A compassionate and discerning exploration of the complex relationship between the server, the served, and the world they lived in, Servants opens a window onto British society from the Edwardian period to the present."

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• Verlag: W W NORTON & CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0393349802
• ISBN 13: 9780393349801
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 385