{"product_id":"0393241092","title":"Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eA 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. Preface -- The Symbolic Pantomime -- A Sort Of Silence And Embarrassment -- The Dainty Life -- A Seat In The Hall -- Centralising The Egg Yolks -- Popinjays And Mob Caps -- The Desire For Perfection -- Some Poor Girl's Got To Go Up And Down, Up And Down --  -- The Sacred Trust -- The Ideal Village -- Silent, Obsequious And Omnipresent -- Bowing And Scraping -- The Age Of Ambivalence -- Out Of A Cage -- Don't Think Your Life Will Be Any Different To Mine -- It Was Exploitation But It Worked -- Tall, Strong, Healthy And Keen To Work -- The Mechanical Maid -- Outer Show And Inner Life -- A Vast Machine That Has Forgotten How To Stop Working -- Bachelor Establishments Are Notoriously Comfortable -- The Question Of The Inner Life -- Do They Really Drink Out Of Their Saucers?' -- Of Alien Origin -- A New Jerusalem -- A New And Useful Life -- The Housewife Militant -- The Change : It Must Have Been Terrible For Them -- The Shape Of Things To Come -- We Don't Want Them Days Again' -- We've Moved To The Front -- I'd Never Done What I Liked -- Never In All My Life -- We Like It Because The Past Is Not So Worrying As The News -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index. Lucy Lethbridge. Originally Published Under The Title: Servants: A Downstairs View Of Twentieth-century Britain. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 353-368) And Index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEurope\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGreat Britain\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eHistorical Study \u0026amp; Educational Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSociology\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eClass\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lethbridge, Lucy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 385\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780393241099\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49320384692414,"sku":"0393241092-4","price":7.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/618gmBnf6TL.jpg?v=1792162459","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0393241092","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}