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Author:

Segal, Howard P.

Title:

Recasting the machine age : Henry Ford's village industries / Howard P. Segal.

Publisher:

University of Massachusetts Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xv, 244 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ford, Henry,--1863-1947.
Ford Motor Company--History.
Automobile industry and trade--Location--Michigan--Case studies.
Industrial location--Social aspects--United States.
Labor unions--Michigan--History.
Technology--Social aspects--United States.
Industrialists--United States.--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

ISBN:

9781558494817 (cloth : alk. paper)
1558494812 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57392666

LCCN:

2004030727

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)