| The Business of Benevolence Contributor(s): Tone, Andrea (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801430283 ISBN-13: 9780801430282 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $90.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 361.973 |
| LCCN: 97016814 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.35" W x 9.34" (1.26 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 results of the policy were paternalistic practices and forms of compensation designed not only to control workers, but also to advertise the humanity of corporate capitalism to thwart the advance of legislated reform. In a burgeoning literature on the development of the U.S. welfare state, Andrea Tone offers a new interpretation of the importance of welfare capitalism in shaping its development. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tone, Andrea: - Andrea Tone is Assistant Professor of History in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Institute of Technology. |
