Author: Robert Roberts Publisher: M.E. Sharpe ISBN: 9780765601148 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 248
Book Description
An annotated introduction exploring the contemporary importance of the book "The House Servants Directory", the identity and character of the author, and its significance in American history.
Author: Roberts Robert Servant Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781017765762 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Robert Roberts Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315503352 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 229
Book Description
Robert Roberts' The House Servant's Directory, first published in 1827 and the standard for household management for decades afterward, is remarkable for several reasons: It is one of the first books written by an African American and issued by a commercial press, and it was written while Roberts (ca. 1780-1860) was in the employ of Christopher Gore (1758-1827), a former senator from and governor of Massachusetts (and ancestor of the novelist Gore Vidal). Gore Place, where Roberts worked from 1825 to 1827, is one of the grandest neoclassical mansions built in America. Not only was the extraordinary set of recommendations that Roberts made about relations between servants and their masters unique for its time, but his many recipes for cleaning furniture and clothing and for purchasing, preparing, and serving food and drink for small and large dinners are also still useful today. As portrayed in Graham Hodges' introduction, Roberts' own story is a unique window into the work habits and thoughts of America's domestic workers and into antebellum African American politics. Of particular note is Roberts' contribution to the emergence of new self-perceptions of black manliness. Written at a time when male Americans in general were reconsidering the construction of masculinity, Roberts' advice to his fellow servants fostered black dignity for work that few felt merited respect, and his counsel to employers on proper treatment of their servants insisted on their humanity and respect for their skills.
Author: Robert Roberts Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 152876112X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
The House Servant's Directory or a monitor for private families comprising hints on the arrangement and performance of servants' work, with general rules for setting out tables and sideboards. In first order The art of waiting in all its branches and likewise how to conduct large and small parties with order with general directions for placing on table all kinds of joints, fish, fowl, etc with full instructions for cleaning plate, brass, steel, glass, mahogany and likewise all kinds of patent and common lamps: observations on servants' behaviour to their employers and upwards of 100 various and useful receipts chiefly compiled for the use of house servants, and identically made to suit the manners and customs of families in the United States
Author: Robert Roberts
Author: Samuel Adams (servant.)
Author: Roberts Robert Servant
Author: Robert Roberts
Author: Robert Roberts
Author: Malinda Russell
Author: Robert Roberts
Author: 
Author: Robert Servant Roberts
Author: Geraldine Edith Mitton