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City of clerks : office and sales workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Clerks (Retail trade) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Clerks > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.