{"product_id":"workers-control-in-america-studies-in-the-history-of-work-technology-and-labor-struggles-paperback-9780521280068","title":"Workers' Control in America; Studies in the History of Work, Technology, and Labor Struggles (Paperback) 9780521280068","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWorkers' Control in America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in the History of Work, Technology, and Labor Struggles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of essays on workers' efforts in the 19th and 20th centuries to assert control over the processes of production in US.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Montgomery (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521280068, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 31 August 1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.6 cm, 0.27 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\"\u003eA 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Workers' control of machine production in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 2. Immigrant workers and managerial reform\u003cbr\u003e 3. Machinists, the Civic Federation, and the Socialist Party\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'new unionism' and the transformation of workers' consciousness in America, 1909–22\u003cbr\u003e 5. Whose standards? Workers and the reorganization of production in the United States, 1900–20\u003cbr\u003e 6. Facing layoffs\u003cbr\u003e 7. American workers and the New Deal Formula\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical essay.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912962728216,"sku":"9780521280068","price":19.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521280068_315c73b1-15ec-4432-8a1f-42dbd50a11e3.gif?v=1691374435","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/workers-control-in-america-studies-in-the-history-of-work-technology-and-labor-struggles-paperback-9780521280068","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}