City of clerks : office and sales workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920 / Jerome P. Bjelopera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bjelopera, Jerome P.

Series:

Working Class in American History

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clerks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Clerks.

Clerks (Retail trade)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Clerks (Retail trade).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Below the middle class managers and professionals yet above the skilled blue-collar workers, sales and office workers occupied an intermediate position in urban America's social structure as the nation industrialized. Jerome P. Bjelopera traces the shifting occupational structures and work choices that facilitated the emergence of a white-collar workforce. His fascinating portrait reveals the lives led by Philadelphia's male and female clerks, both inside and outside the workplace, as they formed their own clubs, affirmed their "whiteness, " and challenged sexual norms. A vivid look at an overlooked but recognizable workforce, City of Clerks reveals how the notion of "white collar" shifted over half a century.

Contents:

Clerking and the industrial-era white-collar workforce

In the office and the store

Pursuing "noble endeavor" : educating clerical workers at Peirce School

After hours : how the clerical workforce entertained itself

Workplace virtues, rebellion, and race

Home and neighborhood.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-201) and index.

ISBN:

9786613097507

9781283097505

1283097508

9780252090554

0252090551

OCLC:

811410300