The job, the man, the boss
by Blackford, Katherine H.M. and Arthur Newcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
N. pl: Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Company, 1915. Hardcover. xvii, 266p., cloth-covered boards, corners bumped, endpapers lightly foxed, else good condition; dj slightly worn with minor chipping. First published in 1914. "Along with some commonsensical remarks based on experience, the books notable for the mishmash of phrenological nonsense which provides the 'scientific' theoretical framework for selecting and assigning employees. Racist formulations by anthropologists and medical people are quoted, extending into serious comparisons between the fair and dark complexioned Norwegians." *Miller & Coghill, The historical sources of personnel work. Ithaca, 1961. p. 24.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121311
- Title
- The job, the man, the boss
- Author
- Blackford, Katherine H.M. and Arthur Newcomb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Company
- Place of Publication
- N. pl
- Date Published
- 1915
- Bookseller catalogs
- Labor - American; 1910S; History of Science and Medicine; Right-wing; Racism;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...