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Up and down stairs : the history of the country house servant
- Title
- Up and down stairs : the history of the country house servant / Jeremy Musson.
- Author
- Musson, Jeremy.
- Publication
- London : John Murray, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HD8039.D52 G842 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 374 pages : illustrations, plans; 25 cm
- Summary
- A history that brings to live the real country house servants. From the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, this is a fascinating history of country house servants. Brings to life this hierarchy and shows how large numbers of people lived together under strict segregation and how it was sometimes broken.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Visible and Glorious Household: From the later Middle Ages to the end of the Sixteenth Century -- 2. Beginning of the Back Stairs and the Servants' Hall: The Seventeenth Century -- 3. Household in the Age of Conspicuous Consumption: The Eighteenth Century -- 4. Behind the Green Baize Door: The Eighteenth Century -- 5. Apogee: The Nineteenth Century -- 6. Moving Up or Moving On: The Nineteenth Century -- 7. In Retreat from a Golden Age: The first half of the Twentieth century -- 8. Staying On: A Changing World: The later Twentieth Century.
- ISBN
- 9781848543003
- 184854300X
- OCLC
- ocn430509527
- 430509527
- SCSB-14221361
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library