{"product_id":"house-and-street-the-domestic-world-of-servants-and-masters-in-nineteenth-century-rio-de-janeiro-paperback-softback-9780292727571","title":"House and Street; The Domestic World of Servants and Masters in Nineteenth-Century Rio De Janeiro (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292727571","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHouse and Street\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Domestic World of Servants and Masters in Nineteenth-Century Rio De Janeiro\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSandra Lauderdale Graham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292727571\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSocial and feminist historians will certainly applaud the sensitivity with which this book unveils the duress of servants' working and living conditions without neglecting to portray human endurance and individual or collective resistance to oppression from above. Everybody will read with great pleasure this creative, well argued and elegantly written book.\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Latin American Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the later half of the nineteenth century, a majority of Brazilian women worked, most as domestic servants, either slave or free. \u003ci\u003eHouse and Street\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates the working and personal lives of these women, drawing on a wealth of documentation from archival, court, and church records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLauderdale Graham traces the intricate and ambivalent relations that existed between masters and servants. She shows how for servants the house could be a place of protection-as well as oppression-while the street could be dangerous-but also more autonomous. She integrates her discoveries with larger events taking place in Rio de Janeiro during the period, including the epidemics of the 1850s, the abolition of slavery, the demolition of slums, and major improvements in sanitation during the first decade of the 1900s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of tables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of maps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Brazilian currency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Setting and Origins \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The social landscape of house and street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Servants' World \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Private lives in public places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Masters' World \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Protection and obedience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Contagion and control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostscript\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of Portuguese words\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530864292120,"sku":"9780292727571","price":18.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/house-and-street-the-domestic-world-of-servants-and-masters-in-nineteenth-century-rio-de-janeiro-paperback-softback-9780292727571","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}