A Boiling Copper and Some Arsenic: Servants, Childcare, and Class Consciousness in Late Eighteenth-Century England.

An essay is presented on the history of servants, childcare and class consciousness in late eighteenth-century England. The author used the term class consciousness to depict articulated thoughts and feelings on social differences and distinction. She claims that class difference consciousness is a...

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Published in:	Critical Inquiry Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 36 - 78
Main Author:	Steedman, Carolyn
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of Chicago Press Autumn2007
Subjects:	Class consciousness Social perception Class identity Mind & body England
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost