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Making an American Workforce: The Rockefellers and the Legacy of Ludlow Hardcover – September 15, 2014
Focusing on the workers themselves―men, women, and children representative of a variety of immigrant and ethnic groups―contributors trace the emergence of the Employee Representation Plan, the work of the company's Sociology Department, and CF&I;'s interactions with the YMCA in the early twentieth century. They examine CF&I;'s early commitment to Americanize its immigrant employees and shape worker behavior, the development of policies that constructed the workforce it envisioned while simultaneously laying the groundwork for the strike that eventually led to the Ludlow Massacre, and the impact of the massacre on the employees, the company, and beyond.
Making an American Workforce provides greater insight into the repercussions of the Industrial Representation Plan and the Ludlow Massacre, revealing the long-term consequences of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company policies on the American worker, the state of Colorado, and the creation of corporate culture. Making an American Workforce will be of interest to Western, labor, and business historians.
- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity Press of Colorado
- Publication dateSeptember 15, 2014
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101607323095
- ISBN-13978-1607323099
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"Making an American Workforce is a useful addition to the historiography on CF&I;'s ERP, and raises new questions about the program's effectiveness in 'making' workers."
—New Mexico Historical Review
"[T]hese enlightening essays suggest that after the passage of a century we are not finished learning the lessons of the Ludlow massacre."
—The Journal of American History
"The authors’ divergent assessments of the Rockefeller Plan will spark lively discussions among historians of western class, race, gender, and labor. Making an American Workforce contributes to histories of western labor and industrial relations and the rise and limits of welfare capitalism."
—Western Historical Quarterly
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- Publisher : University Press of Colorado; 1st edition (September 15, 2014)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1607323095
- ISBN-13 : 978-1607323099
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 1.01 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,418,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #88,985 in U.S. State & Local History
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