The filing cabinet : a vertical history of information
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Robertson, Craig, 1969-
- Language
- English.
- Published
- Minneapolis, MN ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2021.
- Physical Description
- xiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
- Subject
- Filing cabinets.
- Sex role in the work environment > United States > History.
- Sexual division of labor > United States > History.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- Craig Robertson.
- Content
- Introduction: The Efficient Work of Paperwork -- Part 1. The Cabinet 1. Verticality: A Skyscraper for the Office -- 2. Integrity: A Steel Container for Paper -- 3. Cabinet Logic: Efficiency Through Partitions -- Part II. Filing 4. Granular Certainty: Applying System to the Office -- 5. Automatic Filing: Delegating Memory for the Machine -- 6. The Ideal File Clerk: Controlling Gender in the Office -- 7. Domestic Storage: Cabinet Logic in the Home -- Afterword: Out of Time, Out of Place.
- ISBN
- 9781517909451
- 9781517909468
Holdings
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Volume Info |
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Public Note |
Book | OSA Archivum Library | Reference collection | 651.23 ROB | | Reference | - |
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