03/03/2010
The servant's story is a hidden history. Laurie Taylor discusses new research on the experience of servitude in the 18th century. Also, the working class at elite universities.
Fetching water, cleaning knives, shovelling out a privy, setting fires - how did servants make sense of the tough menial duties in the 18th-century home? During that time they made up the largest occupational group in the British state, and the historian Caroline Steedman argues that servants' resentments and personal philosophies had a huge impact on the development of the English character and the British nation state. Laurie Taylor discusses a neglected corner of social history with Caroline Steedman and Amanda Vickery.
Laurie also hears about the working class at Britain's elite universities; Diane Reay tells him about her research into state-educated working-class children studying at Oxbridge.
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- Wed 3 Mar 2010 16:0091热爆 Radio 4
- Mon 8 Mar 2010 00:1591热爆 Radio 4
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