Chapters on Machinery and Labor / George E. Barnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnett, George E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Machinery in the workplace.

Linotype.

Stone-cutting.

Glass manufacture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This early study of the relationships between changing tech-nology and the value of skilled labor was first published in 1926 and has long been unobtainable. In his new Introduction Frederic Meyers, Professor of Industrial Relations and Asso-ciate Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of California at Los Angeles, relates this classic work to recent findings and developments.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I . THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LINOTYPE

II. THE STONECUTTERS AND THE STONE-PLANER

III. THE INTRODUCTION OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC BOTTLE MACHINERY

IV. THE INTRODUCTION OF AUTOMATIC BOTTLE MACHINES

V. MACHINERY AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF SKILL

VI. THE INTRODUCTION OF MACHINERY AND TRADE-UNION POLICY

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-28089-X

OCLC:

1013954476