Read more
Informationen zum Autor Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr., Ph.D., is an international expert in management, manufacturing and globalization, and the author of several books on American industrial history, capitalism and notable business leaders. He lives in Maumee, Ohio. Klappentext Edward Drummond Libbey was a glassmaker, industrialist, artist, innovator and art collector. Both practical and creative, he forever changed the glass industry with the automatic bottle-making machine and automatic sheet glass machine. This work examines the long career of Libbey, particularly his innovation of American flint cut glass, his contributions to the middle-class American table through affordable glassware, and his enormous art glass and painting collections, which eventually formed the basis for the Toledo Museum of Art's collection. Libbey single-handedly revolutionized glassmaking, a craft which had gone virtually unchanged for 2000 years. Zusammenfassung Edward Drummond Libbey was a glassmaker! industrialist! artist! innovator and an art collector. This examines the long career of Libbey! particularly his innovation of American flint cut glass! his contributions to the middle-class American table through affordable glassware! and his enormous art glass and painting collections. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. A Crisis in Frogtown 2. A Personal and Industrial Genealogy 3. Edward Drummond Libbey 4. Toledo and Northwest Ohio of the 1880s 5. The Business Men's Association 6. Florence Scott 7. The Turnaround 8. The Columbian World Fair 9. Industrialist and Glass Aristocrat 10. The Toledo Glass Company 11. Signature Years 12. The Glass Capitalist 13. Europe and Expansion 14. Grand Opening 15. The Story of Flat Glass 16. Working on a Legacy 17. The Taming of the Lion 18. Final Months 19. A Model CEO 20. An Industrial and Labor Republic 21. Industrial Designer and Marketing Genius Chapter Notes Bibliography Index ...
