The Resource Benevolent barons : American worker-centered industrialists, 1850-1910, Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
Benevolent barons : American worker-centered industrialists, 1850-1910, Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
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- Summary
- American business has always had deep roots in community. For over a century, the country looked to philanthropic industrialists to finance hospitals, parks, libraries, civic programs, community welfare and disaster aid. Worker-centered capitalists saw the workplace as an extension of the community and poured millions into schools, job training and adult education. Often criticized as welfare capitalism, this system was unique in the world. Lesser known capitalists like Peter Cooper and George Westinghouse led the movement in the mid-1800s. Westinghouse, in particular, focused on good wages and benefits. Robber barons like George Pullman and Andrew Carnegie would later succeed in corrupting the higher benefits of worker-centered capitalism. This is the story of those accomplished Americans who sought to balance the accumulation of wealth with communal responsibility
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- Cover
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- One. The Puritan Experiment
- Two. Genesis of an Industrial Race
- Three. European Industrialization, Master Entrepreneurs, and Worker Utopias
- Four. Lowell and Rockdale
- Five. Crisis in American Labor: Class, Skilled, and Unskilled Laborers
- Six. Early Paternal and Employee-Driven Capitalists
- Seven. Robber Barons and the Questioning of Capitalism
- Eight. New Breed of Paternal Capitalists
- Nine. American Patriarchal or Philanthropic Capitalism
- Ten. The Failure of Pullman City
- Eleven. The Greatest Paternalist of Them All
- Twelve. Westinghouse's Paternalism
- Thirteen. Trusts and Corruption
- Fourteen. Wilmerding, America's New Lanark
- Fifteen. Capitalism with a Heart-Westinghouse's Vision
- Sixteen. A Government Policy for Philanthropy and Paternalism
- Seventeen. Corporate Paternalism
- Eighteen. Unions, Industrial Democracy and the New Deal
- Nineteen. Visions Come True
- Twenty. And the Wolf Finally Came-Deindustrialization and Globalization
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781476620299
- Label
- Benevolent barons : American worker-centered industrialists, 1850-1910
- Title
- Benevolent barons
- Title remainder
- American worker-centered industrialists, 1850-1910
- Statement of responsibility
- Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
- Subject
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- Capitalism
- Capitalism -- United States -- History
- Capitalists and financiers
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Case studies
- Case studies
- Economic history
- History
- Industrial relations
- Industrial relations -- United States -- History
- Industrialists
- Arbeitsbeziehungen
- Investor
- Kapitalismus
- Labor
- Labor -- United States -- History
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions
- Unternehmer
- Industrialists -- United States -- Case studies
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- American business has always had deep roots in community. For over a century, the country looked to philanthropic industrialists to finance hospitals, parks, libraries, civic programs, community welfare and disaster aid. Worker-centered capitalists saw the workplace as an extension of the community and poured millions into schools, job training and adult education. Often criticized as welfare capitalism, this system was unique in the world. Lesser known capitalists like Peter Cooper and George Westinghouse led the movement in the mid-1800s. Westinghouse, in particular, focused on good wages and benefits. Robber barons like George Pullman and Andrew Carnegie would later succeed in corrupting the higher benefits of worker-centered capitalism. This is the story of those accomplished Americans who sought to balance the accumulation of wealth with communal responsibility
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Skrabec, Quentin R
- Dewey number
- 338.097309/034
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC102.5.A2
- LC item number
- S5547 2015eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Industrialists
- Capitalists and financiers
- Capitalism
- Industrial relations
- Labor
- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General
- Capitalism
- Capitalists and financiers
- Economic history
- Industrial relations
- Industrialists
- Labor
- United States
- Unternehmer
- Investor
- Kapitalismus
- Arbeitsbeziehungen
- USA
- Label
- Benevolent barons : American worker-centered industrialists, 1850-1910, Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- online resource
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- cr
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- multicolored
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- Contents
- Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. The Puritan Experiment -- Two. Genesis of an Industrial Race -- Three. European Industrialization, Master Entrepreneurs, and Worker Utopias -- Four. Lowell and Rockdale -- Five. Crisis in American Labor: Class, Skilled, and Unskilled Laborers -- Six. Early Paternal and Employee-Driven Capitalists -- Seven. Robber Barons and the Questioning of Capitalism -- Eight. New Breed of Paternal Capitalists -- Nine. American Patriarchal or Philanthropic Capitalism -- Ten. The Failure of Pullman City -- Eleven. The Greatest Paternalist of Them All -- Twelve. Westinghouse's Paternalism -- Thirteen. Trusts and Corruption -- Fourteen. Wilmerding, America's New Lanark -- Fifteen. Capitalism with a Heart-Westinghouse's Vision -- Sixteen. A Government Policy for Philanthropy and Paternalism -- Seventeen. Corporate Paternalism -- Eighteen. Unions, Industrial Democracy and the New Deal -- Nineteen. Visions Come True -- Twenty. And the Wolf Finally Came-Deindustrialization and Globalization -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 911054689
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- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
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- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781476620299
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
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- c
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911054689
- Label
- Benevolent barons : American worker-centered industrialists, 1850-1910, Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- One. The Puritan Experiment -- Two. Genesis of an Industrial Race -- Three. European Industrialization, Master Entrepreneurs, and Worker Utopias -- Four. Lowell and Rockdale -- Five. Crisis in American Labor: Class, Skilled, and Unskilled Laborers -- Six. Early Paternal and Employee-Driven Capitalists -- Seven. Robber Barons and the Questioning of Capitalism -- Eight. New Breed of Paternal Capitalists -- Nine. American Patriarchal or Philanthropic Capitalism -- Ten. The Failure of Pullman City -- Eleven. The Greatest Paternalist of Them All -- Twelve. Westinghouse's Paternalism -- Thirteen. Trusts and Corruption -- Fourteen. Wilmerding, America's New Lanark -- Fifteen. Capitalism with a Heart-Westinghouse's Vision -- Sixteen. A Government Policy for Philanthropy and Paternalism -- Seventeen. Corporate Paternalism -- Eighteen. Unions, Industrial Democracy and the New Deal -- Nineteen. Visions Come True -- Twenty. And the Wolf Finally Came-Deindustrialization and Globalization -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 911054689
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781476620299
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)911054689
Subject
- Capitalism
- Capitalism -- United States -- History
- Capitalists and financiers
- Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Case studies
- Case studies
- Economic history
- History
- Industrial relations
- Industrial relations -- United States -- History
- Industrialists
- Arbeitsbeziehungen
- Investor
- Kapitalismus
- Labor
- Labor -- United States -- History
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions
- Unternehmer
- Industrialists -- United States -- Case studies
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General
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