Working for the Railroad : : The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century / / Walter Licht.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Licht, Walter,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 660
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List Of Tables --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; 1. The View from the Top --; 2. The Supply of Labor --; 3. Working to Rule --; 4. The Rewards of Labor --; 5. The Perils of Labor --; 6. The Railwaymen: A Social Profile --; 7. The Legacy of the Early Years: Conclusions --; Appendixes --; Bibliography --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400855841; 9783110413441; 9783110413601; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400855841
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Walter Licht.

Walter Licht chronicles the working and personal lives of the first two generations of American railwaymen, the first workers in America to enter large-scale, bureaucratically managed, corporately owned work organizations.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.