Corporation as Family

by Nikki Mandell

Book Overview

The beginning of the twentieth century witnessed a remarkable growth of corporate welfare programs in American industry. By the mid-1920s, 80 percent of the nation's largest companies--firms including DuPont, International Harvester, and Metropolitan Life Insurance--engaged in some form of welfare work. Programs were implemented to achieve goals that ranged from improving basic workplace conditions, to providing educational, recreational, and social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807853518
• ISBN13: 9780807853511
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"