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Author Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943- author.

Title Electric city : General Electric in Schenectady / Julia Kirk Blackwelder.

Publication Info. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; number twenty-four
Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 24.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Founding fathers and the GE brand -- Chief Engineer Rice -- The wizard and the wizard's assistant -- Technical men and GE culture -- Blue collar: craftsmen and operatives -- The G-E girl -- Life inside the great plant -- Schenectady -- Epilogue.
Summary For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York. Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company's creation in 1892 to the present. As one of America's largest and most successful corporations, GE built a culture centered around the social good of technology and the virtues of the people who produced it. At its core, GE culture posited that engineers, scientists, and craftsmen engaged in a team effort to produce technologically advanced ma.
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Subject General Electric Company -- History.
General Electric Company.
History.
General Electric Company -- Management.
Management.
Corporate culture -- New York (State) -- Schenectady -- History.
Corporate culture.
New York (State) -- Schenectady.
Industries -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- Schenectady.
Industries -- Social aspects.
Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943- author. Electric city. First edition 9781623491864 (DLC) 2014015196 (OCoLC)879851710
ISBN 9781623492212 (electronic book)
1623492211 (electronic book)
9781623491864
162349186X