Working for the railroad : the organization of work in the nineteenth century / Walter Licht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Licht, Walter, 1946- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--United States--Employees--History.

Railroads.

Railroads--United States--Personnel management--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Walter Licht chronicles the working and personal lives of the first two generations of American railwaymen, the first workers in America to enter large-scale, bureaucratically managed, corporately owned work organizations.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List Of Tables

List of Illustrations

Preface

1. The View from the Top

2. The Supply of Labor

3. Working to Rule

4. The Rewards of Labor

5. The Perils of Labor

6. The Railwaymen: A Social Profile

7. The Legacy of the Early Years: Conclusions

Appendixes

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [306]-320.

ISBN:

0-691-63816-0

0-691-60997-7

1-4008-5584-5

OCLC:

889251928