Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Situating London homes, 1850-1914 -- Middle-class houses, households, and homes -- Uncovering domestic labour in the archive -- 2. A nation uncomfortable at home -- The Servant Problem -- 'From an English point of view': English domestic self-criticisms -- 'A sealed book to us': foreign perspectives on metropolitan domesticity -- Tropical residents at home? Anglo-Imperial returners in London -- Conclusion
3. Changing tastes: Foreign food and cookery -- Celebrity chefs and cuisine bourgeois: French food in London -- Incorporating Italian ices into London diets -- The emergence of American foods in London -- 'Old colonials' and cookery: policing imperial authenticity in metropolitan kitchens -- Conclusion -- 4. Soap and glory: Cleaning London homes -- Imperial advertisements and everyday cleaning -- Selling labour savers: a case study of the carpet sweeper -- Personal hygiene in (and out of) the home -- Doing dirty laundry in public: class, race, and sending laundry out -- Conclusion
5. Infant empires: Childcare and the wider world -- Imperial childcare at home: ayahs in London -- 'French or German preferred': foreign governesses in London homes -- The English girl's garden: German-style kindergartens in London -- Conclusions -- 6. Conclusion: Global homes in London houses -- Bibliography -- Index
