Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
Contents
Preface to the 2007 Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. The job today -- 1. New World domestic order -- 2. Maid in L.A. -- pt. 2. Finding hard work isn't easy -- 3. It's not what you know -- 4. Formalizing the informal : domestic employment agencies -- 5. Blowups and other unhappy endings -- pt. 3. Inside the job -- 6. Tell men what to do, but don't tell me how -- 7. Go away but stay close enough -- 8. Cleaning up a dirty business -- Notes -- References -- Index.