Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations, Maps, and Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction. The Problem and Its Context 1
7. Part I. Fixture of Colonial Society
8. 1. The Creation of a Gender Role: The Male Domestic Servant 29
9. 2. Women For Hire? Sex And Gender In Domestic Service 84
10. 3. Troubled Lives: Servants and Their Employers in the Preindependence Era 154
11. Part II. Encountering Domestic Service
12. 4. Research On And Life With Servants 197
13. PART III. Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Changes
14. 5. Persistence and Change 217
15. 6. A Transformed Occupation 244
16. 7. Lives Beyond the Workplace 267
17. 8. Servants Everywhere: Conclusions 293
18. Appendix 1. Servants’ Wages 303
19. Appendix 2. Servants’ Budgets 305
20. Index 315