Globalising Housework: Domestic Labour in Middle-class London Homes,1850-1914

ISBN-13: 9780367626679 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 234 str.

Laura Humphreys

Opis

This book shows how international influences profoundly shaped the ‘English’ home of Victorian and Edwardian London; homes which, in turn, influenced Britain’s (and Britons’) place on the world stage. 

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 A Nation uncomfortable at Home 3 Changing Tastes: Foreign Food and Cookery4 Soap and Glory: Cleaning London homes 5 Infant Empires: Childcare and the Wider World 6 Conclusion: Global Homes in London Houses Bibliography