Masters to managers ; historical and comparative perspectives on American employers / edited by Sanford M. Jacoby.

Other author Jacoby, Sanford M., 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©1991.
Descriptionix, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The transition from outwork to factory production in the boot and shoe industry, 1830-1880 / Jens Christiansen and Peter Philips -- Studying work : personnel policies in Philadelphia firms, 1850-1950 / Walter Licht -- Scientific management and the workplace, 1920-1935 / Daniel Nelson -- Ford welfare capitalism in its economic context / Daniel M.G. Raff -- Getting it together : the Metal Manufacturers Association of Philadelphia, c. 1900-1930 / Howell John Harris -- The closed shop, the proprietary capitalist, and the law, 1897-1915 / Daniel R. Ernst -- The decline of paternalism and the making of the employer class : France, 1870-1914 / Gerald Friedman -- American exceptionalism revisited : the importance of management / Sanford M. Jacoby.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-241) and index.
LCCN 90002151
ISBN0231068026 (alk. paper)