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Supervision and Authority in Industry

Western European Experiences, 1830-1939

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

AvPatricia Van den Eeckhout,Patricia Van Den Eeckhout,Patricia van den Eeckhout

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The number of studies discussing the labour relationship under industrial capitalism is overwhelming, but the literature on labour and its concrete, day-today shop-floor practices is much less abundant. How and by whom workers were supervised is one of the neglected aspects in the history of labour relations. After an insightful introductory chapter discussing the different forms of supervision in the United States, Britain, France and Germany before the First World War, the case studies in this volume focus on foremen: vital, but largely unstudied figures in the history of factory life, labour relations and management. Illustrating the multiple faces of the foreman, the contributors examine the artisanal sector, textiles, mining, printing, engineering, heavy manufacturing and car industries in Western Europe and show that the foreman was a multifaceted character who possessed technical expertise in addition to educational and organizational qualities. This comprehensive volume is further enhanced by comparisons with practices of supervision in Russia, Japan, China and India.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-08-01
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieInternational Studies in Social History
Antal sidor244
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845456009

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List of IllustrationsList of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World WarPatricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 2. Work Organisation and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849-1888)Cristina BorderíasChapter 3. Salaried Authority. The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830-1914)Peter ScholliersChapter 4. Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885-1913)Patricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 5. ‘To Organise Liberty’: Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British IndustrialisationJames A. JaffeChapter 6. Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French IndustryJérôme Bourdieu and Gilles Postel-VinayChapter 7. Leading Hands at Work: the Impact of Changes in Technology, Work Organisation and Payment Systems on Supervision in the British Engineering Industry (1870-1914)Joseph MellingChapter 8. ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’: Employers, Supervisors and Work Organisation, c. 1890-1939Richard Coopey and Alan McKinlayChapter 9. Porions and Conducteurs: Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917-1939)Bart DelbroekPostscriptPatricia Van den EeckhoutNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex