Merging perspectives from business and labor history and the social sciences, this volume is an indispensable guide to the development of the modern workplace. Masters to Managers contains eight historical studies that cover a wide range of topics: employer activities in labor-market politics, the significance of scientific management, antiunionism in America, the exceptionalism of American employers, and more. Contributors include: Jens Christiansen, Peter Philips, Walter Licht, Daniel Nelson, Daniel M.G. Raff, Howell John Harris, Daniel R. Ernst, Gerald Friedman, and Sanford Jacoby.

“Sanford Jacoby has done a masterful job of collecting and editing a set of scholarly essays that represent the best cross-disciplinary work being done in the area of industrial and labor relations. Those interested in labor history, business history, economic history, and labor relations will be able to feast on the rich intellectual offerings in Masters to Managers.”

— Melvyn Dubofsky, Binghamton University