{"product_id":"electric-city-general-electric-in-schenectady-hardback-9781623491864","title":"Electric City; General Electric in Schenectady  (Hardback) 9781623491864","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eElectric City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGeneral Electric in Schenectady \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia Kirk Blackwelder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781623491864\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 26 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 16.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.586 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectric City: General Electric in Schenectady\u003c\/em\u003e explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company’s creation in 1892 to the present. As one of America’s largest and most successful corporations, GE built a culture centered around the social good of technology and the virtues of the people who produced it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt its core, GE culture posited that engineers, scientists, and craftsmen engaged in a team effort to produce technologically advanced material goods that served society and led to corporate profits. Scientists were discoverers, engineers were designers and problem solvers, and craftsmen were artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian Julia Kirk Blackwelder has drawn on company records as well as other archival and secondary sources and personal interviews to produce an engaging and multi-layered history of General Electric’s workplace culture and its planned (and actual) effects on community life. Her research demonstrates how business and community histories intersect, and this nuanced look at race, gender, and class sets a standard for corporate history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Texas A\u0026#38;M University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52621538230552,"sku":"9781623491864","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/electric-city-general-electric-in-schenectady-hardback-9781623491864","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}