Unprotected labor : household workers, politics, and middle-class reform in New York, 1870-1940 / Vanessa H. May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Vanessa H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women household employees--New York (State)--History.

Women household employees.

Women household employees--Labor unions--New York (State)--History.

Women--New York (State)--Social conditions.

Women.

Labor movement--New York (State)--History.

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics, and Middle-Class Reform in New York, 1870-1940

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 THE TYRANT OF THE HOUSEHOLD: The Debate over the "Servant Question" and the Privacy of the Middle-Class Home, 1870-1915; 2 STICKING TOGETHER THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD: Immigrant Domestic Workers, Ethnic Communities, and Resistance; 3 ENCOURAGING THE GOOD, WEEDING OUT THE BAD, AND TEACHING THE IGNORANT: Women's Organizations and Domestic Workers in New York City, 1870-1915; 4 THE "ENLIGHTENED MAJORITY"" VERSUS THE "DIE-HARD FRINGE"": The State and Reform of Domestic Service, 1915-1940

5 EVERY DOMESTIC WORKER A UNION WORKER: Middle-Class African American Organizations and Domestic Workers Confront Labor Exploitation during the DepressionEPILOGUE: The Walls of Jericho; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-414-8

979-88-908850-1-2

1-4696-0309-8

0-8078-7790-5

OCLC:

741492920