Working for the Railroad (eBook)

The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century

Walter Licht (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5584-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: American Railway Union • Annual report • Apprenticeship • Association of American Railroads • Baldwin Locomotive Works • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad • Boston and Lowell Railroad • brakeman • business manager • Capitalism • Career • career ladder • central pacific railroad • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad • chief engineer • civil engineer • Civil Engineering • collective bargaining • Commuter (Iarnród Éireann) • company formation • Company officer (firefighter) • Company registers • construction delay • cotton mill • day labor • Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts) • Eleutherian Mills • Employment • Engine house • erie railroad • factory system • Flagman (rail) • Freight conductor • Freight rate • George Pullman • Great Railroad Strike of 1877 • Herman Haupt • Hours of service • Illinois Central Railroad • Indiana Railroad • industrialisation • Industrial relations • Industrial society • Interest of the company • Labor disputes • laborer • labor relations • Local union • Machine industry • Machine Shop • Manufacturing • manufacturing consent • master craftsman • Michigan Central Railroad • New York Central Railroad • Norris Locomotive Works • North Pennsylvania Railroad • Old Colony Railroad • Overtime • Pacific Railroad • PAYMASTER • Payroll • Pennsylvania Railroad • Pinkerton (detective agency) • Plantation era • Policy • Postmaster General • Protestant Work Ethic • Pullman (car or coach) • Pullman Company • Pullman Strike • railfan • Rail freight transport • Railroad car • Railroad engineer • Rail Transport • Rail transportation in the United States • railway age • railway company • Railway town • Retraining • rolling stock • salary • Shop foreman • Shunting (rail) • Siding (rail) • Slavery • Smithsonian Institution • steam locomotive • Strike action • Supervisor • Supply (economics) • Switchman • textile industry • Track (rail transport) • Trade Union • union army • union organizer • wage • Yardmaster
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5584-5 / 1400855845
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5584-1 / 9781400855841