Maid-of-all-Work or Professional Nanny? The Changing Character of Domestic Work in Polish Households, Eighteenth Century to the Present

In this study of the various domestic and caregiving in Polish burgeois and noble households we distinuish general and specialized staff and briefly place Poland in comparative European perspective. Next we surbey the history of childcare and domestic work from the 18th to the 21st century and analyze the emergence of a legal framework for the sector. We discuss the changing character of the work, including its specialization, and, in the final part, turn to childcare as a particular form of internally differentiated specialization.