City of Clerks
Subtitle: Office and Sales Workers in Philadelphia, 1870-1920 (Working Class in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 6, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780252072277
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Social History; Work & labour; Business & Economics; History - U.S.; Business/Economics; Pennsylvania; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; Business & Economics / Labor; General; Labor; United States - 20th Century; Clerks; Clerks (Retail trade); History; Philadelphia
First sentence: Industrialization profoundly influenced American society and culture,1 with mechanization, incorporation, and immigration spurring the expansion of the blue-collar workforce.