Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 440 g
White-Collar Life and Corporate Cultures in Los Angeles, 1892-1941
Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 440 g
Reihe: Studies in Industry and Society
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6275-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
The story of the early decades of American big business, when white-collar jobs were new and their future uncertain
America's white-collar workers form the core of the nation's corporate economy and its expansive middle class. But just a century ago, white-collar jobs were new and their future anything but certain. In Company Men Clark Davis places the corporate office at the heart of American social and cultural history, examining how the nation's first generation of white-collar men created new understandings of masculinity, race, community, and success—all of which would dominate American experience for decades to come.
Company Men is set in Los Angeles, the nation's "corporate frontier" of the early twentieth century. Davis shows how this California city—often considered on the fringe of American society for the very reason that it was new and growing so rapidly—displayed in sharp contours how America's corporate culture developed. The young men who left their rural homes for southern California a century ago not only helped build one of the world's great business centers, but also redefined middle-class values and morals. Of interest to students of business history, gender studies, and twentieth-century culture, this work focuses on the "company man" as a pivotal actor in the saga of modern American history.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Rise of Corporate Los Angeles
Defining Corporate Employment
Company Men
Creating an Esprit De Corps
Profit and Security
White-Collar Manhood
The Corporation as Community
The White-Collar Depression
Conclusion
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
