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

• Autore: Heller Michael
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.96513709421
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: London clerical workers, 1880-1914
• ISBN: 1-317-32370-X; 1-317-32371-8; 1-282-82238-1; 9786612822384; 1-84893-055-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459549803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Perspectives in economic and social history ; ; Number 8.