Company Men: White-Collar Life and Corporate Cultures in Los Angeles, 1892-1941 (Studies in Industry and Society)

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Summary: Part of the Union
Review: Clark Davis's book is a fine and cogent analysis of the rise to prominence of white collar work and life, - most especially in Los Angeles in first third or so of the twentieth century. However it is more than that. The story of the "company men" is also the story of the rise to commercial prominence of Los Angeles as the emerging power of the pacific coast and the Southwest of the nation. The story is, i think, accurately and well told with much to engage the non - specialist reader. The early organisation of commercial air travel in the United States is particularly interesting in this regard.