White Collar Workers in Transition - (Contributions in Labor Studies) by Mark McColloch (Hardcover)

Review Quotes

"The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on white collar groups.... The presentation is noteworthy because it takes several new directions. [The] book departs from the traditional analysis of white collar employees. They are not treated en masse or as belonging to at most a few discrete but homogeneous segments. Instead, the book focuses on three industries: banking, electrical manufacturing, and public welfare. ... By selecting particular industries as the unit of analysis, McColloch can examine white collar occupations in minute detail. The picture that emerges is by no means uniform, but shows richness and variability in job content. ... [It is] a valuable contribution to our understanding of white collar classes."-Business History Review

?McColloch ... has written an interesting, if unusual, book on white-collar workers in the banking, electrical manufacturing, and public welfare sectors during the period 1940-1970. Each sector is examined separately by topic ... for each of three time periods, 1940-46, 1947-59, and 1960-70. The book is packed with information from personal interviews as well as secondary sources. ... The book should prove welcome background reading to any undergraduate interested in the development of white-collar employment in the three industries. ... Both public and undergraduate libraries.?-Choice

?The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on white collar groups.... The presentation is noteworthy because it takes several new directions. [The] book departs from the traditional analysis of white collar employees. They are not treated en masse or as belonging to at most a few discrete but homogeneous segments. Instead, the book focuses on three industries: banking, electrical manufacturing, and public welfare. ... By selecting particular industries as the unit of analysis, McColloch can examine white collar occupations in minute detail. The picture that emerges is by no means uniform, but shows richness and variability in job content. ... [It is] a valuable contribution to our understanding of white collar classes.?-Business History Review

"McColloch ... has written an interesting, if unusual, book on white-collar workers in the banking, electrical manufacturing, and public welfare sectors during the period 1940-1970. Each sector is examined separately by topic ... for each of three time periods, 1940-46, 1947-59, and 1960-70. The book is packed with information from personal interviews as well as secondary sources. ... The book should prove welcome background reading to any undergraduate interested in the development of white-collar employment in the three industries. ... Both public and undergraduate libraries."-Choice