At Beck and Call

At Beck and Call The Representation of Domestic Servants in Nineteenth-Century American Painting

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Publisher's Synopsis

Historian Elizabeth O'Leary examines the ways in which representation of servants and domestics codified and occasionally subverted the prevailing attitudes of wealthy Americans toward their racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse "help," from the early Republic to the latter half of the century. Excellent b&w and some color illustrations. An

Book information

ISBN: 9781560986065
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Imprint: Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 758.964046097309034
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 305
Weight: 748g
Height: 267mm
Width: 190mm
Spine width: 24mm