City of Clerks
Publisher： University of Illinois Press
Publication year： 2005
E-ISBN: 9780252090554
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780252029776
Subject： F2 Economic Planning and Management
Keyword： 经济计划与管理
Language： ENG
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Description
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 during the age of smokestacks. Bjelopera traces the shifting occupational structures and work choices that facilitated the emergence of a white-collar workforce. He paints a fascinating picture of 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 even challenged sexual norms. By mapping the relationship between these workers' self-expectations and the shifting demands of their employers, City of Clerks reveals how the notion of "white collar" shifted over half a century. _x000B_ _x000B_