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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is both an indictment of corporate greed and a snapshot of racial and social attitudes in an almost decade-by-decade examination."—David Mills,
Western Historical Quarterly"
Capitalist Family Values: Gender, Work, and Corporate Culture at Boeing provides a unique and nuanced account of the intersection between gender and workplace culture during Boeing's hundred year history."—Sarah Moore,
Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly"Polly Reed Myers's
Capitalist Family Values traces the evolution of corporate culture at one of the world's largest aerospace companies in order to elucidate the role of gender at work and the dynamics of occupational inequality. . . . Her attention to men in managerial and engineering occupations makes this a particularly welcome addition to the literature on gender and work in the twentieth-century United States."—Natalie J. Marine-Street,
Pacific Historical Review“
Capitalist Family Values represents a rich contribution to ongoing studies of work and labor history, women’s and gender history, history of sexuality, and the history of business.”—Amy Bix, author of
Girls Coming to Tech! A History of American Engineering Education for Women Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface: Finding Women at Boeing
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Boeing Family
Chapter 1: Fraternalism and the Boeing News in the 1930s
Chapter 2: Manpower versus Womanpower during World War II
Chapter 3: Women’s Place in Equal Opportunity Employment
Chapter 4: Jane Doe v. Boeing Company
Chapter 5: Employing Teamwork
Conclusion: Corporate Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Bibliography
Index
