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Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers

Paperback • 2015 • English

Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers

By Dirk Hoerder

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Domestic and caregiving work has been at the core of human existence throughout history. Poorly paid or even unpaid, this work has been assigned to women in most societes and occasionally to men often as enslaved, indentures, "adopted" workers. While some use domestic service as training for their own future independent households, others are confined to it for life and try to avoid damage to their identities (Part One). Employment conditions are even worse in colonizer-colonized dichotomies, in...Show more

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9789004293298

Publisher

BRILL

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers

Format

Paperback

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