|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
By World War I, the Northwestern Knitting Company was the largest
workplace for gainfully employed women in Minnesota and the largest
garment factory in the United States. Lars Olsson investigates the
interplay of class, gender, marital status, ethnicity, and race in
the labor relations at the factory, illuminating the lives of the
women who worked there. Representing thirty nationalities,
particularly Scandinavian, the women worked long hours for low pay
in roles that were strictly divided along ethnic and gendered
lines, while the company directors and stockholders made enormous
profits off of their labor. Management developed paternal
strategies to bind the workers to the company and preempt
unionization, including bonus programs, minstrel shows, and a
pioneering industrial welfare program. With the US entry into the
war, the company was contracted to produce underwear for soldiers,
and management expanded the metaphor of "the Munsingwear Family" to
construct not just company loyalty, but national loyalty. This book
sheds new light on women's labor in WWI and the lives of textile
workers in the United States.
By World War I, the Northwestern Knitting Company was the largest
workplace for gainfully employed women in Minnesota and the largest
garment factory in the United States. Lars Olsson investigates the
interplay of class, gender, marital status, ethnicity, and race in
the labor relations at the factory, illuminating the lives of the
women who worked there. Representing thirty nationalities,
particularly Scandinavian, the women worked long hours for low pay
in roles that were strictly divided along ethnic and gendered
lines, while the company directors and stockholders made enormous
profits off of their labor. Management developed paternal
strategies to bind the workers to the company and preempt
unionization, including bonus programs, minstrel shows, and a
pioneering industrial welfare program. With the US entry into the
war, the company was contracted to produce underwear for soldiers,
and management expanded the metaphor of "the Munsingwear Family" to
construct not just company loyalty, but national loyalty. This book
sheds new light on women's labor in WWI and the lives of textile
workers in the United States.
Transportation and Children's Well-Being applies an ecological
approach, examining the social, psychological and physical impacts
transport has on children at the individual and community level.
Drawing on the latest multidisciplinary research in transport,
behavior, policy, the built environment and sustainability, the
book explains the pathways and mechanisms by which transport
affects the different domains of children's travel. Further, the
book identifies the influences of transportation with respect to
several domains of well-being, highlighting the influences of
residential location on travel by different modes and its impact on
the long-term choices families make. The book concludes with
proposed evidence-based solutions using real-world examples that
support positive influences on well-being and eliminate or reduce
negative solutions.
|
You may like...
Runner Runner
Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, …
Blu-ray disc
(1)
R45
Discovery Miles 450
|