The Lower Orders

Eric L. Jones
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Eric L. Jones: La Trobe University

Chapter Chapter 3 in Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History, 2018, pp 33-43 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Rural workers were treated harshly and with disdain, indoors and out. Social apartheid was reinforced by segregating dwellings and reorganising household layouts. Female domestic service expanded. Considerable evidence exists of poor treatment of employees, including sexual harassment; informal contact with servants was otherwise often avoided. The movement of labour towards industries, cities and the colonies was not sufficient to offset these effects or do much to raise wages.

Keywords: Labour migration; Rural workforce; Sexual harassment; Social apartheid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74869-6_3

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