Recasting the machine age
Subtitle: Henry Ford's village industries
By: Howard P. Segal.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947; Ford Motor Company -- History; Automobile industry and trade -- Location -- Michigan -- Case studies; Industrial location -- Social aspects -- United States; Labor unions -- Michigan -- History; Technology -- Social aspects -- United States; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Henry Ford, centralization, and decentralization; title: Henry Ford's village industries: origins, contexts, rationales; title: Decentralized technology in the village industries: scale, scope, system, vision; title: Farm and factory united; title: Buildings and workforce; title: Administration and relationship to local communities; title: Workers' experiences; title: Unionization; title: The decentralists and other visionaries; title: American industry also preaches decentralization; title: Decline of the village industries during World War II and after; title: Contemporary renewal of the village industries in high-tech America; title: Conclusion: Henry Ford evolves from mechanical to social engineer; title: Appendix: basic facts about and present status of the nineteen village industries.