Workers' Control in America : Studies in the History of Work, Technology, and Labor Struggles by David Montgomery (1980, Trade Paperback)
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Workers Control in America, Paperback by Montgomery, David, ISBN 0521280060, ISBN-13 9780521280068, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A collection of essays on workers' efforts in the 19th and 20th centuries to assert control over the processes of production in US.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521280060
ISBN-139780521280068
eBay Product ID (ePID)306368
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameWorkers' Control in America : Studies in the History of Work, Technology, and Labor Struggles
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1980
SubjectIndustrial Management, Labor, United States / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Montgomery
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN78-032001
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal331.8/0973
Table Of ContentPreface; Introduction; 1. Workers' control of machine production in the nineteenth century; 2. Immigrant workers and managerial reform; 3. Machinists, the Civic Federation, and the Socialist Party; 4. The 'new unionism' and the transformation of workers' consciousness in America, 1909-22; 5. Whose standards? Workers and the reorganization of production in the United States, 1900-20; 6. Facing layoffs; 7. American workers and the New Deal Formula; Bibliographical essay.
SynopsisA collection of essays on workers' efforts in the 19th and 20th centuries to assert control over the processes of production in US. It describes the development of management techniques and includes discussions of various worker and union responses to unemployment.