I am currently researching the everyday life of men, women and youths
working in the Australian hotel and liquor industry from 1890 to
1920.  I am particularly interested in obtaining references for
recent American literature that has attempted an integration of
cultural and social history, especially cultural history and labour
history.  I am looking at the construction of particular working
class figures such as 'the barman', 'the barmaid', 'the waiter', 'the
waitress', 'the prostitute', 'the laundress', 'the housemaid'.
References to any attempts to rework notions of working class which
reject the distinction between 'respectable' and 'unrespectable'
would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks
 
Louise Walker
Monash University
Melbourne
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