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UNINA9910780183103321 |
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Autore |
Mandell Nikki |
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Titolo |
The corporation as family [[electronic resource] ] : the gendering of corporate welfare, 1890-1930 / / Nikki, Mandell |
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Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908730-0-2 |
0-8078-6039-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Collana |
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Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Industrial welfare - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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