{"product_id":"tales-from-the-boom-boom-room-9780060565459","title":"Tales from the Boom-Boom Room","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1990s, women in record numbers looked to Wall Street as a great place to build successful and lucrative careers.What many of them found there was not meritocracy, but a boy's club of misbehaving stockbrokers, and a workplace culture that knew no bounds in its harassment and discriminating behavior toward women. Sometimes it was threatening language; other times it was physical intimidation; but often, it was much worse. Eventually, women who were subjected to this behavior exploited a loophole in stock-exchange rules and opened the door to unprecedented lawsuits that shook Wall Street to its very core.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from the notorious party room at Smith Barney's Garden City, New York branch, \u003cem\u003eTales from the Boom-Boom Room\u003c\/em\u003e is the detailed and riveting insider account of the lewd and obscene behavior that has run rampant on Wall Street. In this edition, author Susan Antilla provides a new afterword maintaining that despite some improvements in workplace conditions, women continue to face an uphill battle on Wall Street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntilla, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Currently an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University, Susan Antilla has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and was bureau chief of the Money section of \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e and financial bureau chief for the \u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun.\u003c\/em\u003e Most recently, she was a columnist at Bloomberg News.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057891176722,"sku":"9780060565459","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31e2e6be-8218-453a-9fe3-ada883d78ab1.jpg?v=1772014815","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tales-from-the-boom-boom-room-9780060565459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}