Howard P. Segal

Broschiertes Buch

Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries

Beschreibung

Recounts the history of Henry Ford's efforts to shift the production of Ford cars and trucks from the large-scale factories he had pioneered in the Detroit area to nineteen decentralized, small-scale plants within sixty miles of Ford headquarters in Dearborn. This title presents the development of the plants, their fate after Ford's death.

Autor

Howard P. Segal is professor of history at the University of Maine and author of Future Imperfect: The Mixed Blessings of Technology in America (University of Massachusetts Press, 1994).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781558496422
• ISBN-10: 1558496424
• Artikelnr.: 23404083