 | Domestic Servants and Households in Rochdale: 1851-1871 Subjects: Humanities; Social Sciences; Class and Work; Family and Demography; Agencies and Institutions; Rural and Urban Life; History; Sociology & Social Policy; Social Groups; The Home; National State; Family; Economic Developments; Urbanisation; Types of Towns and Cities; Census and Social Statistics; Working Conditions; Marriage; British History; Modern History 1750-1945; Social & Cultural History; Labor History; Social Class; Upper Classes; Middle Classes; Domestic Management; Social Statistics; Family Structure; Industrialisation; Factory Towns; Wages; Migration; Rural Depopulation; Suburbanisation; Family Networks; Working Classes; First published in 1986. At any one time in late nineteenth-century England and Wales over one million men and women were described as domestic servants in the occupational category after agricultural work. This title explores several aspects of domestic service in the area of Rochdale, and the servant population is examined to discover who entered the service, at what age, and from what background they came. This title will be of interest to students of history. Edward Higgs |
