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Working for the Railroad : The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century / Walter Licht.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 660Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1983Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (350 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691609973
  • 9781400855841
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.7613850973
LOC classification:
  • HD8039.R12 -- U648 1983eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The View from the Top -- 2. The Supply of Labor -- 3. Working to Rule -- 4. The Rewards of Labor -- 5. The Perils of Labor -- 6. The Railwaymen: A Social Profile -- 7. The Legacy of the Early Years: Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: 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.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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The View from the Top -- 2. The Supply of Labor -- 3. Working to Rule -- 4. The Rewards of Labor -- 5. The Perils of Labor -- 6. The Railwaymen: A Social Profile -- 7. The Legacy of the Early Years: Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

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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.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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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