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The Lower Orders

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Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History

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Rural workers were treated harshly and with disdain, indoors and out. Social apartheid was reinforced by segregating dwellings and reorganising household layouts. Female domestic service expanded. Considerable evidence exists of poor treatment of employees, including sexual harassment; informal contact with servants was otherwise often avoided. The movement of labour towards industries, cities and the colonies was not sufficient to offset these effects or do much to raise wages.

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Jones, E.L. (2018). The Lower Orders. In: Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74869-6_3

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