Waiting on empire

• Verfasst von: Datta, Arunima [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Waiting on empire
• Titelzusatz: a history of Indian travelling ayahs in Britain
• Verf.angabe: Arunima Datta
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 1 online resource.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2023)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-194353-9
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780192848239.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Industry
• Sach-SW: Economics
• K10plus-PPN: 1858271614
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

'Waiting on Empire' tells the story of the South Asian women who travelled as ayahs (servants and nannies) in the British empire, but often found themselves abandoned in Britain. It is a unique tale that gives a voice to a largely forgotten group in the historical record.