"London's Global Office Economy: From Clerical Factory to Digital Hub traces the evolution of the office as a function of the economy. It seeks to explain how the office, from the level of the city to the level of the workplace, has come to be understood."

introduction: Education and social inequality -- Nineteenth-century networks -- Uplifting the "unskilled" -- Craft power in the industrial workplace -- Becoming pink collar -- Professional ladders -- Placement in corporate America -- Conclusion: Education, inequality, and worker power.

"The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations based originally in the United States have played a part in making gender and race everywhere. Focusing on Ford Motor Company's rise to become the largest, richest, and most...

"How did Americans come to believe that working at home is feasible, productive, and desirable? Easy Living examines how the idea of working within the home was constructed and disseminated in popular culture and mass media during the twentieth century. Through the analysis of national magazines...