Managers and Workers: Origins of the Twentieth-Century Factory System in the United States, 1880-1920
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During the early years of this century, the classic factory system of the industrial revolution evolved rapidly into a new, identifiable form that would characterize American and world industry for... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0299069044
ISBN13:9780299069049
Release Date:January 1979
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Length:244 Pages
Weight:0.69 lbs.
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Managers and Workers
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In the past scholars often depicted the rise of the factory system as a decisive step in the development of modern economic life, in many cases as a synonym for the industrial revolution. This emphasis, while understandable in terms of the contrast between the handicraft shop and the early factory, now seems less appropriate. If nothing else, the contrast between the large plant of the present day and its nineteenth-century predecessor suggests the need for a revised view. The following essays, accordingly, focus on a subsequent period, when the factory and, above all, "the associating principle" changed significantly. The dominant themes of this process, the substitution of formal, centralized controls and the increasing influence of management over the factory and its labor force, were the bases of the "new factory system," which in turn became the foundation of the modern industrial administration. --- from book's preface.
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