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Electric City
Julia Kirk Blackwelder
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Description for Electric City
"Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady" explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company's creation in 1892 to the present. Series: Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; KCZ; KNBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York.
Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company’s creation in 1892 to the present. As one of America’s largest and most successful corporations, GE built a culture centered around the social good of technology and the virtues of the people who produced it.
At its core, GE culture posited that engineers, scientists, and craftsmen engaged in a team effort to produce technologically advanced material goods that served society and led ... Read more
For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York.
Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company’s creation in 1892 to the present. As one of America’s largest and most successful corporations, GE built a culture centered around the social good of technology and the virtues of the people who produced it.
At its core, GE culture posited that engineers, scientists, and craftsmen engaged in a team effort to produce technologically advanced material goods that served society and led ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781623491864
SKU
V9781623491864
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About Julia Kirk Blackwelder
Julia Kirk Blackwelder is an emerita professor at Texas A&M University, USA, where she previously served as head of the history department and as associate dean. She is the author of three books: Styling Jim Crow: African American Beauty Training during Segregation (2003); Now Hiring: The Feminization of Work in the United States, 1900–1995 (1997); and Women of the Depression: ... Read more
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