Electric city : General Electric in Schenectady / Julia Kirk Blackwelder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943- author.

Series:

Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 24.

Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; number twenty-four

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--Social aspects--New York--Schenectady.

Industries.

Corporate culture--New York--Schenectady--History.

Corporate culture.

Schenectady (N.Y.)--Social conditions.

Schenectady (N.Y.).

Schenectady (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

General Electric Company--Management.

General Electric Company.

General Electric Company--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York. Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady 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. At its core, GE culture posited that engineers, scientists, and craftsmen engaged in a team effort to produce technologically advanced ma

Contents:

Introduction

Founding fathers and the GE brand

Chief Engineer Rice

The wizard and the wizard's assistant

Technical men and GE culture

Blue collar: craftsmen and operatives

The G-E girl

Life inside the great plant

Schenectady

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-221-1

OCLC:

896123376