| Description |
x, 359 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Society and the sexes in the modern world
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Society and the sexes in the modern world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dangers, desires, and self-determination : competing narratives of the sexual culture of the new, gender-integrated office -- White-collar casanovas : gender, class, and (hetero)sexuality in the office, 1861 to World War II -- Betwixt and between : new freedoms and new risks in the sexually and psychologically modern office -- Gold diggers, innocents, and tempted wives : the skyscraper in fiction and film -- Morals and morale : managing sex in business, World War II to the early 1960s -- The white-collar revolution : Helen Gurley Brown, sex, and a new model of working womanhood -- Desire or discrimination? : old narratives meet a new interpretation -- Two steps forward, one step back : wanted and unwelcome advances after "sexual harassment". |
| Subject |
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Employment. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women employees -- United States -- History.
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Women employees. |
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Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sex role. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Gender roles. |
| ISBN |
9780300118995 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300118996 cloth alkaline paper |
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