The servant problem : domestic employment in a global economy /
There are now more servants in Britain than in Victorian times. This explosion in paid domestic employment is part of a global trend. Women from countries such as the Philippines take on domestic jobs in order to support families at home, whilst students from Eastern Europe, the EU and Brazil work a...
| Основен автор: | Cox, Rosie. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=157870 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Servant problem. |
| Резюме: |
There are now more servants in Britain than in Victorian times. This explosion in paid domestic employment is part of a global trend. Women from countries such as the Philippines take on domestic jobs in order to support families at home, whilst students from Eastern Europe, the EU and Brazil work as au pairs in order to study English and improve their employment prospects. Rosie Cox's timely new work examines the reality of paid domestic labour in Britain today and explores the global trends that sustain this growth of domestic employment. She shows how the economy depends on women working ou. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1423787730 9781423787730 1850436193 9781850436195 1850436207 9781850436201 9780857716750 0857716751 |