Beyond the Typewriter : Gender, Class, and the Origins of Modern American Off...

by Sharon Strom

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Beyond the Typewriter : Gender, Class, and the Origins of Modern American Office Work, 1, Paperback by Strom, Sharon, ISBN 0252064259, ISBN-13 9780252064258, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In the early twentieth century, office jobs allowed increasing numbers of women a new option for careers. Sharon Hartman Strom's detailed account of early office working conditions and practices draws on archival and anecdotal data to analyze women office workers' ambitions. She also explores how the influences of scientific management, personnel management, and secondary vocational education affected office workplaces and hierarchies.

  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Year: 1994
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780252064258
  • Condition: Fine

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