Recasting the Machine Age : Henry Ford's Village Industries /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Segal, Howard P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947.
Ford Motor Company > History.
Industrialists > United States > Biography.
Technology > Social aspects > United States.
Labor unions > Michigan > History.
Industrial location > Social aspects > United States.
Automobile industry and trade > Location > Michigan > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Henry Ford, centralization, and decentralization
  • Henry Ford's village industries: origins, contexts, rationales
  • Decentralized technology in the village industries: scale, scope, system, vision
  • Farm and factory united
  • Buildings and workforce
  • Administration and relationship to local communities
  • Workers' experiences
  • Unionization
  • The decentralists and other visionaries
  • American industry also preaches decentralization
  • Decline of the village industries during World War II and after
  • Contemporary renewal of the village industries in high-tech America
  • Conclusion: Henry Ford evolves from mechanical to social engineer
  • Appendix: basic facts about and present status of the nineteen village industries.

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