Office work
When did offices start employing women?
Who coined the term 'white-collar'?
What caused the decline of office work?
Are office design and layout important?
Virtual offices and paperless offices? Offices of the future?
Anyone who has pondered over these questions will find 'Cubed, A secret history of the workplace' by Nikil Saval (Doubleday, New York, 2014) an absorbing book. It packs a whole lot of information together. It also covers the reflection of office life in movies and novels.
The style of writing is slightly off-putting. I mean it is a serious book but too many commas and 'didn't', 'couldn't' etc. are used. Too much attention is given to office design. One is not clear about the secret part of the history.
All told, a meticulously researched, engaging book.
When did offices start employing women?
Who coined the term 'white-collar'?
What caused the decline of office work?
Are office design and layout important?
Virtual offices and paperless offices? Offices of the future?
Anyone who has pondered over these questions will find 'Cubed, A secret history of the workplace' by Nikil Saval (Doubleday, New York, 2014) an absorbing book. It packs a whole lot of information together. It also covers the reflection of office life in movies and novels.
The style of writing is slightly off-putting. I mean it is a serious book but too many commas and 'didn't', 'couldn't' etc. are used. Too much attention is given to office design. One is not clear about the secret part of the history.
All told, a meticulously researched, engaging book.
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