At Beck and Call The Representation of Domestic Servants in Nineteenth Century American Painting

Historian Elizabeth O'Leary examines the ways in which representation of servants and domestics codified and occasionally subverted the prevailing attitudes of wealthy Americans toward their racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse "help," from the early Republic to the latter half of the century. Excellent b&w and some color illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.