{"product_id":"company-men-whitecollar-life-and-corporate-cultures-in-los-angeles-18921941-studies-in-industry-and-society-9780801862755","title":"Company Men WhiteCollar Life and Corporate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:    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","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527612899671,"sku":"9780801862755","price":21.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801862755.jpg?v=1731868544","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/company-men-whitecollar-life-and-corporate-cultures-in-los-angeles-18921941-studies-in-industry-and-society-9780801862755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}