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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780183103321

Autore

Mandell Nikki

Titolo

The corporation as family [[electronic resource] ] : the gendering of corporate welfare, 1890-1930 / / Nikki, Mandell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2002

ISBN

979-88-908730-0-2

0-8078-6039-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state

Disciplina

331.25/5

Soggetti

Industrial welfare - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Introduction; 1. Redefining the Labor Problem; 2. Like a Family; 3. Raising the Children; Section of Illustrations; 4. Welfare Workers: Mothers and Teachers; 5. The Corporate Family in Conflict: Welfare Workers and Employers; 6. The Corporate Family in Conflict: Welfare Workers and Employees; 7. From the Family Ideal to the Personnel Manager; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Nikki Mandell explores the growth of corporate welfare programmes around the turn of the 20th century. She argues that businessmen hoped such programmes would transform conflict-ridden relations between management and labour into a harmonious partnership modelled after the Victorian family.