Description |
xv, 244 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Henry Ford, centralization, and decentralization -- Henry Ford's village industries: origins, contexts, rationales -- Decentralized technology in the village industries: scale, scope, system, vision -- Farm and factory united -- Buildings and workforce -- Administration and relationship to local communities -- Workers' experiences -- Unionization -- The decentralists and other visionaries -- American industry also preaches decentralization -- Decline of the village industries during World War II and after -- Contemporary renewal of the village industries in high-tech America -- Conclusion: Henry Ford evolves from mechanical to social engineer -- Appendix: basic facts about and present status of the nineteen village industries. |
Subject |
Ford Motor Company -- History.
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Ford Motor Company. |
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History. |
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Automobile industry and trade -- Location -- Michigan -- Case studies.
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Automobile industry and trade -- Location. |
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Michigan. |
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Case studies.
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Automobile industry and trade. |
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Industrial location -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Industrial location -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Industrial location. |
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Labor unions -- Michigan -- History.
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Labor unions. |
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Technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Technology -- Social aspects. |
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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. |
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Industrialists -- United States -- Biography.
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Industrialists. |
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
1558494812 cloth alkaline paper |
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