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

Item Type Current Location Collection Call Number Volume Info Shelving Location Public Note
BookOSA Archivum LibraryReference collection651.23 ROBReference-

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