Bibliograph

Swimming in the steno pool, a retro guide to making it in the office, Lynn Peril

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Swimming in the steno pool, a retro guide to making it in the office, Lynn Peril

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Swimming in the steno pool

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

668194767

Responsibility statement

Lynn Peril

Sub title

a retro guide to making it in the office

Summary

Author-secretary Peril profiles the various incarnations of the secretary, from pliable, sexy mate of the "office husband" to postfeminist executive-in-training, drawing inspiration from a wide range of "femorabilia" and secretarial guidebooks of yesteryear

Table Of Contents

Introduction: out of the kitchen and into the office : the birth of the secretary -- So you want to be a secretary : preparing for and getting a job -- You're in the office now, miss sec : the fine arts of charm, etiquette, and getting along with others -- Your boss : his care and (ego) feeding -- Single secs, married secs, and the looming shadow of the office wife -- Around the desk we go : the murky world of love and sex in the office -- Stepping stone or millstone? : up the ladder and out of the steno pool -- Get your own damn coffee : the liberated secretary -- The space-age typing pool : the secretary and technology -- Epilogue - the virtual secretary in a paperless office, or, we've come a long way; maybe?

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