Description
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.