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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bjelopera, Jerome P.
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005.
Description:	ix, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The working class in American history Working class in American history.
Subject:	Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Clerks (Retail trade) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Clerks. Clerks (Retail trade) Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5776271

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ISBN:	0252029771 (cloth : alk. paper) 0252072278 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-201) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Clerking and the industrial-era white-collar workforce
2. In the office and the store
3. Pursuing "noble endeavor" : educating clerical workers at the Peirce School
4. After hours : how the clerical workforce entertained itself
5. Workplace virtues, rebellion, and race
6. Home and neighborhood
App. Occupational rankings.