London Clerical Workers, 1880-1914 : Development of the Labour Market.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heller, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Series:Perspectives in Economic and Social HIST.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Clerks > England > Social conditions > 19th century.
Clerks > England > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Clerks > England > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Clerks > Economic conditions
Clerks > Social conditions
England
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 Changing Worlds and Changing People: A Definition of the Late Victorian and Edwardian London Clerk; 2 The Clerk, the Office and Work: Changing Horizons; 3 Attitudes of the Clerk towards Work; 4 Work, Income, Promotion and Stability: The Late Victorian and Edwardian London Clerk Revisited; 5 The Mechanization and Feminization of the Office, 1870-1914: Threats or Opportunities?; 6 Education, Merit and Patronage: The London Clerical Market.
  • 7 Commercial Education and the Clerk8 Clerical Trade Unions, Associations and Collective Organizations; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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