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Otis : giving rise to the modern city / Jason Goodwin.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HD9715.9.E434 O854 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodwin, Jason, 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Otis Elevator Company--History.
- Otis Elevator Company.
- Elevator industry--United States--History.
- Elevator industry.
- International business enterprises--United States--History.
- International business enterprises.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 286 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, [2001]
- Summary:
- Elisha Graves OtisUs safe elevator made possible the construction of the skyscraper and laid the technical foundation for dynamic urban centers around the world. Jason GoodwinUs account of the product and the business that Otis created is an American story of continuous growth and reinvention.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Elisha Otis 5
- Competition 21
- Hydraulics 37
- Swansong 52
- Abroad 63
- The Hidden Hand 72
- Otis Elevator Incorporated 88
- The Otis Elevator Industry 101
- Abroad Again 109
- The Indicator Years 117
- The Search for Control 126
- The Great Depression 134
- Service 140
- Part 2 International 153
- World War II 165
- Postwar America 168
- Postwar Europe 189
- Percy Douglas Tours the World 195
- The American Dream 204
- Breaking the Mold 213
- Breakaway 235
- The Management Revolution 247
- Takeover 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [278]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566633850
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