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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459549803321

Autore

Heller Michael

Titolo

London clerical workers, 1880-1914 : development of the labour market / / by Michael Heller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

©2011

ISBN

1-317-32370-X

1-317-32371-8

1-282-82238-1

9786612822384

1-84893-055-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Perspectives in Economic and Social History ; ; Number 8

Disciplina

305.96513709421

Soggetti

Clerks - England - London - Social conditions - 19th century

Clerks - England - London - Social conditions - 20th century

Clerks - England - London - Economic conditions - 19th century

Clerks - England - London - Economic conditions - 20th century

Labor market - England - London - Economic conditions - 19th century

Labor market - England - London - Economic conditions - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. Changing Worlds and Changing People ; 2. The Clerk, the Office and Work; 3. Attitudes of Clerk Towards Work; 4. Work, Income, Promotion and Stability; 5. The Mechanization and Feminization of the Office; 6. Education, Merit and Patronage; 7. Commercial Education and the Clerk; 8. Clerical Trade Unions, Associations and Collective Organizations; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study is based on a wide range of business sources as well as newspapers, journals, novels and oral history, allowing Heller to put



forward a new interpretation of working conditions for London clerks, highlighting the ways in which clerical work changed and modernized over this period.