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Book SynopsisOf interest to students of business history, gender studies, and twentieth-century culture, this work focuses on the "company manas a pivotal actor in the saga of modern American history.
Trade Review"In a prewar era popularly associated with corruption ('Chinatown') and Hollywood, Los Angeles actively put together a white-collar establishment of team players, go-getters and strait-lacers. -- Tim Ferguson Wall Street Journal Business, labor, and gender historians will place Company Men with the best new business histories. -- Carole Srole Journal of American History 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 A lively, well-researched, and well-argued study of office work that also illuminates local history. -- Sharon Hartman Strom American Historical Review
Table of ContentsContents: 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
