Swimming in the steno pool : 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393338546 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 0393338541 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-272) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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?.