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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service : Middle-Class Workers in Victorian America.
Title:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service : Middle-Class Workers in Victorian America.
Author:
Aron, Cindy Sondik.
ISBN:
9781601296504
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (245 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Chapter One. Introduction -- PART ONE: Reluctant Pioneers -- Chapter Two. The Gentlemen -- Chapter Three. The Ladies -- PART TWO: A Developing Bureaucracy -- Chapter Four. Feminization, Rationalization, Mechanization -- Chapter Five. Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, Winning a Promotion -- PART THREE: A Sexually Integrated, Middle-Class Workplace -- Chapter Six. Adapting to a New Style of Middle-Class Work -- Chapter Seven. Manners, Morals, and Money -- Chapter Eight. Conclusion -- Appendix. Sources and Methods -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
A study of clerical workers in US federal employment from the Civil War to 1900.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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