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Here is the first major study of domestic service in France from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, describing its transformation from a male-oriented occupation, aristocratic in style and often geared to public display, to one that was female, middle-class, and centered on the household. Originally published in 1984. T



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Figures, pg. ix*List of lllustrations, pg. xi*Abbreviations and Note on Translations, pg. xii*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Jobs of Necessity, pg. 25*CHAPTER 2. Love and Money, pg. 58*CHAPTER 3. Life on the Threshold, pg. 107*CHAPTER 4. Life in the Household, pg. 157*CHAPTER 5. The Uses of Loyalty, pg. 199*CHAPTER 6. Aristocratic Service in the Age of Enlightenment, pg. 247*CHAPTER 7. The Domestication of Service, pg. 299*Conclusion, pg. 331*APPENDIXES, pg. 337*SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 343*Index, pg. 361

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691613048, 978-0691613048
      ISBN10: 0691613044

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Here is the first major study of domestic service in France from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, describing its transformation from a male-oriented occupation, aristocratic in style and often geared to public display, to one that was female, middle-class, and centered on the household. Originally published in 1984. T



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Figures, pg. ix*List of lllustrations, pg. xi*Abbreviations and Note on Translations, pg. xii*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Jobs of Necessity, pg. 25*CHAPTER 2. Love and Money, pg. 58*CHAPTER 3. Life on the Threshold, pg. 107*CHAPTER 4. Life in the Household, pg. 157*CHAPTER 5. The Uses of Loyalty, pg. 199*CHAPTER 6. Aristocratic Service in the Age of Enlightenment, pg. 247*CHAPTER 7. The Domestication of Service, pg. 299*Conclusion, pg. 331*APPENDIXES, pg. 337*SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 343*Index, pg. 361

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