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City of clerks : office and sales workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920 Jerome P. Bjelopera
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- 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).
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005.
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252029771 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780252029776 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252072278 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780252072277 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 56729977
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