Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Labour in Contemporary Britain

Nicky Gregson, Michelle Lowe

Routledge, 1994 - Business & Economics - 327 pages

Domestic service is being reinstated by the middle classes. Demand for domestic labour has increased in Britain in recent years. For some, hiring domestic help is nothing new, but for the majority of British households, it is beyond the range of immediate experience. This text sets out to investigate the resurgence of demand for waged domestic labour in Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the consequent growth of a new servant class.

About the author

Nicky Gregson is a Reader in Geography, at the University of Sheffield.
Louise Crewe is a Reader in Economic Geography, at the University of Nottingham.

Michelle Lowe is a writer, researcher and campaigner who loves walking. Based in Edinburgh she has spent time living, travelling and trekking in Ecuador, Peru, Nepal and Europe. Contributor Miguel ?ngel Santaella has travelled and walked in Asia, New Zealand, Central Europe and Spain and is the creator of the www.rutasyviajes.net website which posts GPS routes for each stage of the GR7.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Labour in Contemporary Britain; International studies of women and place
• Authors: Nicky Gregson, Michelle Lowe
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: Routledge, 1994
• ISBN: 0415085306, 9780415085304
• Length: 327 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Women in Business; Science / Earth Sciences / Geography