Working for the Railroad
The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century
1st Edition
Published on 14. July 2014
350 pages
978-1-4008-5584-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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.
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Content
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
List Of Tables, pg. ix
List of Illustrations, pg. xi
Preface, pg. xiii
1. The View from the Top, pg. 1
2. The Supply of Labor, pg. 31
3. Working to Rule, pg. 79
4. The Rewards of Labor, pg. 125
5. The Perils of Labor, pg. 164
6. The Railwaymen: A Social Profile, pg. 214
7. The Legacy of the Early Years: Conclusions, pg. 244
Appendixes, pg. 273
Bibliography, pg. 306
Index, pg. 321
Contents, pg. vii
List Of Tables, pg. ix
List of Illustrations, pg. xi
Preface, pg. xiii
1. The View from the Top, pg. 1
2. The Supply of Labor, pg. 31
3. Working to Rule, pg. 79
4. The Rewards of Labor, pg. 125
5. The Perils of Labor, pg. 164
6. The Railwaymen: A Social Profile, pg. 214
7. The Legacy of the Early Years: Conclusions, pg. 244
Appendixes, pg. 273
Bibliography, pg. 306
Index, pg. 321
