عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HD6135 .C69 2006eb
HD6135
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C69
2006eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1423787730
(Number (ISBN
9781423787730
Erroneous ISBN
0857716751
Erroneous ISBN
1850436193
Erroneous ISBN
1850436207
Erroneous ISBN
9780857716750
Erroneous ISBN
9781850436195
Erroneous ISBN
9781850436201
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b708129
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The servant problem :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
domestic employment in a global economy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Rosie Cox.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Acknowlegements; Preface: why domestic workers?; Filippa; 1. What is the servant problem?; 2. Caring in the new world order; 3. 'Carefree' Britain; 4. Minding the gaps: the crisis in childcare; 5. The new 'upstairs, downstairs'; 6. A life between slavery and luxury: living as a domestic worker; 7. Conclusion: solving the servant problem; Notes; References; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Servant problem.
International Standard Book Number
1850436207
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Household employees-- Great Britain.
Employés de maison-- Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Knowledge Capital.
Economic history.
Hausgehilfin
Household employees.
Society & social sciences.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, Economic conditions, 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne, Conditions économiques, 20e siècle.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
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7
7
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
BUS-- 098000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
331
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7/6164
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HD6135
Book number
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C69
2006eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Cox, Rosie.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207230816.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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