Frequency of discussion of domestic service 1 Personal character of the discussion 2 Omission of the subject from economic discussion 2 General reasons for this omission 2 Specific reasons for this omission 4 Fundamental reason for this omission 5 Can this omission be justified? 6 CHAPTER II HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENTS Condition of industries in the eighteenth century 7 Inventions of the latter part of the century 7 Immediate result of these inventions 8 Co-operating influences 8 Effect of inventions on household employments 9 Release of work from the household 9 Diversion of labor from the household to other places 10 Results of this diversion to other places 11 Diversion of labor from the household into other channels 11 Household labor becomes idle labor 12 Outlets for idle labor 12 General result of change of work in the household 13 Division of labor in the household only partial 13 Interdependence of all industries 15 CHAPTER III DOMESTIC SERVICE DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD