Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1870-1930

By Angel Kwolek-Folland

Book Overview

"Drawing on a range of primary sources including the archives of major companies, personal papers, trade magazines, photographs, and recorded anecdotes of turn-of-century life and using the extensive secondary literature on women, sex roles, women's work, manhood, business history and material culture, Angel Kwolek-Folland has built up an intricate picture of office life ... (that) is both challenging and innovative" -- Business History

In Engendering Business, Angel Kwolek-Folland challenges the notion that neutral market forces shaped American business, arguing instead for the central importance of gender in the rise of the modern corporation. She presents a detailed view of the gendered development of management and male-female job segmentation, while also examining the role of gender in such areas as architectural space, office clothing, and office workers' leisure activities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801859484
• ISBN13: 9780801859489
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher