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Author Tone, Andrea, 1964-

Title The business of benevolence : industrial paternalism in progressive America / Andrea Tone
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Contents Ch. 1. The Politics of Labor Reform -- Ch. 2. Welfare Work and Industrial Efficiency -- Ch. 3. The "Human Face" of American Capitalism -- Ch. 4. Gender and Welfare Work -- Ch. 5. Organized Labor Responds -- Ch. 6. The Rank and File -- Ch. 7. Benefits for Breadwinners
Summary In the early twentieth century, an era characterized by unprecedented industrial strife and violence, thousands of employers across the United States pioneered a new policy of labor relations called welfare work. The paternalistic practices and forms of compensation they introduced were designed not only to control workers but also to advertise the humanity of corporate capitalism and thus to thwart the advance of legislated reform. In a penetrating contribution to a burgeoning literature on the development of the U.S. welfare state, Andrea Tone offers a new interpretation of the role of welfare capitalism in the shaping of that development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Industrial welfare -- United States -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Industrial welfare
Betriebliche Sozialpolitik
Industriƫle bedrijven.
Paternalisme.
Welzijnszorg.
Arbeitgeber -- Arbeitnehmer -- Geschichte 20. Jh -- USA.
Arbeitnehmer -- Arbeitgeber -- Geschichte 20. Jh -- USA.
Arbeitgeber -- Sozialpolitik -- Geschichte 20. Jh -- USA.
Industrielle Beziehungen -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781501717482
1501717480