Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century

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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.

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Author(s): Walter Licht
Series: Princeton Legacy Library, 660
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2014

Language: English
Pages: 350
City: Princeton

Cover
Title Page, Copyright
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: ASOCIAL PROFILE
7 THE LEGACY OF THE EARLY YEARS: CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIXES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX