We view domestic service today as an undesirable job, owing to the class divide it has come to represent, and this is reflected in the portrayals of mistresses and servants in books and on the screen. But what do we really know about how girls felt when taking up these positions in other people's houses, or how they were treated? Pamela Horn uses first-hand accounts and reminiscences, as well as official records and newspaper reports, to extract the truth about the lives and status of men and women in domestic service from 1939 to the present.

About the Author
Dr Pamela Horn lectured in economic and social history at Oxford Polytechnic, (now Oxford Brookes University), for over twenty years. She had written a number of books on social history topics covering the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century life. That includes several books on child life and schooling during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Pamela sadly passed away in 2014.

Reviews
Wonderfully thorough... All human life, above and below stairs, is here' * THE TIMES *
Immaculately scholarly book... splendid... a thoroughly researched and readable volume' * THE TELEGRAPH *



Book Information
ISBN 9781445618982
Author Pamela Horn
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Amberley Publishing
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Weight(grams) 218g