The corporation as family [[electronic resource] ] : the gendering of corporate welfare, 1890-1930 / / Nikki, Mandell
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.25/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Industrial welfare - History |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The corporation as family |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908730-0-2 |
| 0-8078-6039-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814128203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state.