Vails, Perquisites, and Allowances: The Moral Economy of Servants
Vails, Perquisites, and Allowances: The Moral Economy of Servants
This chapter examines the allowances and perquisites given to domestic servants in England during the 18th century. It looks at the customary practices which determined what servants might expect to receive over and above their annual wages. Though the origin of such practices is not clear they became so established that servants regarded them as rights. This chapter also discusses the concerted attack of employers on those practices and the equally firm resistance by servants to attempts to abolish them.
Keywords: allowances, perquisites, domestic servants, England, customary practices, compensation
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