ECU Libraries Catalog

Electric city : General Electric in Schenectady / Julia Kirk Blackwelder.

Author/creator Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
Descriptionx, 259 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
General Electric Company--History.
General Electric Company--Management.
Corporate culture--New York (State) --Schenectady --History.
Industries--Social aspects --New York (State) --Schenectady.
Schenectady (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Schenectady (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
Series Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; number twenty-four
Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history no. 24. ^A375307
Contents Introduction -- Founding fathers and the GE brand -- Chief Engineer Rice -- The wizard and the wizard's assistant -- Technical men and GE culture -- Blue collar: craftsmen and operatives -- The G-E girl -- Life inside the great plant -- Schenectady -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-243) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2014015196
ISBN9781623491864 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN162349186X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781623492212 (e-book)
ISBN1623492211 (e-book)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HD9695 .U54 G415 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold
East Carolina University
East Fifth Street | Greenville, NC 27858-4353 USA | 252.328.6131 | Contact Webmaster