Counter Cultures

Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores, 1890-1940

AvSusan Benson

Häftad, Engelska, 1987

Del i serien Working Class in American History

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Beskrivning

The luxurious appearance and handsome profits of American department stores from 1890 to 1940 masked a three-way struggle among saleswomen, managers, and customers for control of the selling floor. Counter Cultures explores the complex nature and contradictions of the conflict in an arena where class, gender, and the emerging culture of consumption all came together. The result is a fascinating illumination of the emotional labor of the workplace and the work-culture of consumerism that still defines the workday for millions of Americans.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1987-12-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Working Class in American History
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252060137
Utmärkelser:Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Chicago Women in Publishing Award, "Relevance to Women's Issues," 1987.</DIV> 1987

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Susan Porter Benson (d. 2005) taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Connecticut, and Yale University. She is the author of Household Accounts: Working-class Family Economies in the Interwar United States.

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Winner of the Chicago Women in Publishing Award, "Relevance to Women's Issues," 1987."A path-breaking and imaginative social history. Benson has made an original and sophisticated contribution to the study of the work process in the service sector."--Journal of American History "Advances our understanding of the history of women and work, and it does so in an engaging way that should command the attention not only of historians, but of a general readership as well."--Women's Review of Books