Women in the administrative revolution : the feminization of clerical work

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of Figures and Tables = ⅸ
• Preface = xi
• Introduction = 1
• 1 Theoretical Perspectives on Clerical Feminization = 10
• Occupational sex segregation = 11
• Patriarchy and women's work = 14
• Clerical feminization in Britain = 17
• Clerical feminization in the United States = 19
• Conclusion = 23
• 2 Corporate Capitalism and the Administrative Revolution = 24
• The development of corporate capitalism in Canada = 27
• The economic impact of the First World War = 29
• The rise of large­scale organizations = 30
• The growth of administration in manufacturing = 32
• The new science of management = 34
• The rise of modern management in Canada = 37
• The administrative revolution = 44
• 3 The Growth of Clerical Occupations = 47
• Clerical occupations within the Canadian labour force, 1891­1971 = 48
• The entry of women into clerical occupations = 51
• The changing industrial distribution of clerks = 52
• Variations in clerical feminization within firms = 54
• Recent trends in clerical employment = 56
• Occupational sex segregation and clerical job ghettos = 59
• A comparative perspective = 60
• 4 Clerical Feminization in Banks The Civil Service and Stenography, 1900­1930 = 63
• Women enter banking = 64
• Third division civil servants = 71
• The case of stenography = 74
• Conclusion = 83
• 5 The Rationalization of the Office = 86
• The drive for efficiency and control in the office = 87
• Scientific office management in Canada = 90
• Managing public bureaucracies scientifically = 93
• Functional organization = 100
• Administrative control in banking = 103
• Managing the central office = 106
• Conclusion = 109
• 6 Mechanization, Feminization and Managerial Control = 113
• Machines and managerial control = 114
• The mechanization of the Canadian office = 119
• Mechanization and work degradation = 134
• Conclusion = 139
• 7 The Proletarianization of Clerical Work? = 141
• The proletarianization debate = 141
• Historical trends in clerical earnings = 144
• Comparison of earnings in a bank and an insurance company = 151
• Internal job hierarchies = 156
• Living conditions of the Canadian clerk = 159
• Conclusion = 163
• Conclusion = 168
• Clerical unionism = 170
• Gender and labour markets = 175
• Gender and the labour process = 177
• Gender and class = 178
• The question of human agency = 179
• Notes To The Text = 181
• Appendix = 213
• Index = 222