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Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers

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Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving WorkersDomestic and caregiving work has been at the core of human existence throughout history. Poorly paid or even unpaid, this work has been assigned to women in most societes and occasionally to men often as enslaved, indentures, "adopted" workers. While some use domestic service as training for their own future independent households, others are confined to it for life and try to avoid damage to their identities (Part One).

 

Employment conditions are even worse in colonizer-colonized dichotomies, in which the subalternized have to run the households of administrators who believe they are running an empire (Part Two). Societies and states set the discriminatory rules, those employed develop strategies of resistance or self-protection (Part Three). A team of international scholars addresses these issues globally with a deep historical background.

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Hoerder, Dirk, Meerkerk, Elise v. N., and Neunsinger, Silke. Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers. , , . , 2015. Hoerder, D., Meerkerk, E. v. N., and Neunsinger, S. (2015). Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers. , , . Hoerder, Dirk, Meerkerk, Elise v. N., and Neunsinger, Silke. "Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers." 2015, .Hoerder Dirk, Meerkerk Elise v. N., and Neunsinger Silke. "Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers." (2015). Hoerder, D, Meerkerk, E v N, and Neunsinger, S 2015, 'Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers', , , . Dirk Hoerder, Elise v N Meerkerk, and Silke Neunsinger, 'Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers' (2015). Hoerder D., Meerkerk E. v. N., and Neunsinger S. Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers. . 2015. Hoerder, Dirk, Meerkerk, Elise v. N., and Neunsinger, Silke. Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers. . 2015. , .

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