From Morning to Night Domestic Service in Maymont and the Gilded Age South |
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| Author:
| O'Leary, Elizabeth |
| Prepared for Publication by:
| Maymont Foundation, Maymont |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2160-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.50USD $32.50 |
Book Description:
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Enter the bustling realm of domestic workers at Maymont House from 1893 to 1925, the opulent mansion of Richmond multimillionaire James H. Dooley. Drawing on personal letters, business documents and oral histories, O'Leary examines the parallel and divergent viewpoints of server and served.
Enter the bustling realm of domestic workers at Maymont House from 1893 to 1925, the opulent mansion of Richmond multimillionaire James H. Dooley. Drawing on personal letters, business documents and oral histories, O'Leary examines the parallel and divergent viewpoints of server and served.