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Office (Paperback)
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Office (Paperback)
Series: Object Lessons
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Loot Price R260
Discovery Miles 2 600
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books
about the hidden lives of ordinary things. From its origins in the
late 19th century to its decline in the 21st, Sheila Liming's
Office narrates a cultural history of a place that has arguably
been the primary site of labor in the postmodern economy. During
the post-war decades of the 20th century, the office rose to
prominence in culture, achieving an iconic status that is reflected
in television, film, literature, and throughout the history of
advertising. Most people are well versed in the cliches of office
culture, despite evidence that an increasing number of us no longer
work in offices. With the development of computing technology in
the 1980s and 90s, the office underwent many changes. Microsoft
debuted its suite of multitasking applications known as Microsoft
Office in 1989, firing the first shot in the war for the office's
survival. This book therefore poses the question: how did culture
become organized around the idea of the office, and how will it
change if the office become extinct? Object Lessons is published in
partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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