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OverviewAmerica's white-collar workers form the core of the nation's corporate economy and its expansive middle class, but at the start of the 20th century, white-collar jobs were new and their future was anything but certain. In this work, 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. The text focuses on Los Angeles, the nation's ""corporate frontier"" of the early 20th century. Davis shows how this Californian 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 centres, they also redefined middle-class values and mores. The book focuses on the ""company man"" as a pivotal actor in the saga of modern American history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Clark Davis (California State University, Fullerton)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Edition: New edition Volume: 19 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780801862755ISBN 10: 0801862752 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 07 December 2001 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews<p> A valuable contribution... [an] analysis of the corporate side of creating a white-collar work force [that] historians of business will find a valuable addition to the literature, while students of Los Angeles will welcome [as] a new study that adds significantly to the record of the city's past. -- Business History Review Author InformationClark Davis was an associate professor of history at California State University at Fullerton. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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