Supervision and Authority in Industry : Western European Experiences, 1830-1939 /
Supervision and Authority in Industry : Western European Experiences, 1830-1939 /
ed. by Patricia Van den Eeckhout.
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- International Studies in Social History ; 15 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World War -- Chapter 2 Work Organization and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849–1888) -- Chapter 3 Salaried Authority: The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830–1914) -- Chapter 4 Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885–1913) -- Chapter 5 ‘To Organise Liberty’ Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British Industrialization -- Chapter 6 Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French Industry -- Chapter 7 Leading Hands at Work: Technology, Work Organization and Supervision in British Engineering, 1870–1914 -- Chapter 8 ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’ Employers, Supervisors and Work Organization (ca. 1890–1939) -- Chapter 9 Porions and Conducteurs Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917–1939) -- Postscript: Patricia Van den Eeckhout -- Contributors -- Index
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The number of studies discussing the labour relationship under industrial capitalism is overwhelming, but the literature on labour and its concrete, day-today shop-floor practices is much less abundant. How and by whom workers were supervised is one of the neglected aspects in the history of labour relations. After an insightful introductory chapter discussing the different forms of supervision in the United States, Britain, France and Germany before the First World War, the case studies in this volume focus on foremen: vital, but largely unstudied figures in the history of factory life, labour relations and management. Illustrating the multiple faces of the foreman, the contributors examine the artisanal sector, textiles, mining, printing, engineering, heavy manufacturing and car industries in Western Europe and show that the foreman was a multifaceted character who possessed technical expertise in addition to educational and organizational qualities. This comprehensive volume is further enhanced by comparisons with practices of supervision in Russia, Japan, China and India.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781845456009 9781845459420
10.1515/9781845459420 doi
Industrial management--History--Case studies.
Labor supply--History--Europe--Case studies.
Supervision of employees--History--Europe--Case studies.
HISTORY / General.
History (General), History: 18th/19th Century, History: 20th Century to Present.
HD5706 .S847 2009
331.794
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World War -- Chapter 2 Work Organization and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849–1888) -- Chapter 3 Salaried Authority: The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830–1914) -- Chapter 4 Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885–1913) -- Chapter 5 ‘To Organise Liberty’ Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British Industrialization -- Chapter 6 Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French Industry -- Chapter 7 Leading Hands at Work: Technology, Work Organization and Supervision in British Engineering, 1870–1914 -- Chapter 8 ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’ Employers, Supervisors and Work Organization (ca. 1890–1939) -- Chapter 9 Porions and Conducteurs Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917–1939) -- Postscript: Patricia Van den Eeckhout -- Contributors -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The number of studies discussing the labour relationship under industrial capitalism is overwhelming, but the literature on labour and its concrete, day-today shop-floor practices is much less abundant. How and by whom workers were supervised is one of the neglected aspects in the history of labour relations. After an insightful introductory chapter discussing the different forms of supervision in the United States, Britain, France and Germany before the First World War, the case studies in this volume focus on foremen: vital, but largely unstudied figures in the history of factory life, labour relations and management. Illustrating the multiple faces of the foreman, the contributors examine the artisanal sector, textiles, mining, printing, engineering, heavy manufacturing and car industries in Western Europe and show that the foreman was a multifaceted character who possessed technical expertise in addition to educational and organizational qualities. This comprehensive volume is further enhanced by comparisons with practices of supervision in Russia, Japan, China and India.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781845456009 9781845459420
10.1515/9781845459420 doi
Industrial management--History--Case studies.
Labor supply--History--Europe--Case studies.
Supervision of employees--History--Europe--Case studies.
HISTORY / General.
History (General), History: 18th/19th Century, History: 20th Century to Present.
HD5706 .S847 2009
331.794