‘No objection to go abroad’: Servants' Travel Advertisements in <i>The Morning Post</i> , London, 1815

Dunn, Sophie (2022) ‘No objection to go abroad’: Servants' Travel Advertisements in <i>The Morning Post</i> , London, 1815. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 45 (4). pp. 487-506.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12845

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article focuses on newspaper advertisements posted by, or on behalf of, servants who were offering their services to travellers to the European continent at the end of the long eighteenth century. Advertising their travel‐related skills, such as languages or knowledge of the roads, travelling servants positioned themselves as ideal travel companions who anticipated their employers' needs and used their skills as a self‐marketing strategy to stand out in a competitive job market. These advertisements give us an idea how servants imagined worthwhile employment, what they desired or objected to, and where they were willing to compromise.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	servants, newspaper advertisements, The Morning Post (London), Continental travel, mobility and employment, Battle of Waterloo (1815), travel
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2022 07:35
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 07:41
DOI:	10.1111/1754-0208.12845
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12845
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3162059