The Story of Reo Joe - Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A

Informationen zum Autor Lisa M. Fine! is Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. She is the author of Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago! 1870-1930 (Temple)! and co-editor! with Mary Anderson! Kathleen Geissler! and Joyce Ladenson of Doing Feminism: Teaching and Research in the Academy. Klappentext The Reo Motor Car Company operated in Lansing! Michigan! for seventy years! and encouraged its thousands of workers to think of themselves as part of a factory family. This book tells the Reo story from the workers' perspective on the vast social! economic! and political changes that took place in the first three quarters of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The Reo Motor Car Company operated in Lansing! Michigan! for seventy years! and encouraged its thousands of workers to think of themselves as part of a factory family. This book tells the Reo story from the workers' perspective on the vast social! economic! and political changes that took place in the first three quarters of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introducing Reo Joe in Lansing! Michigan 1. Making Reo and Reo Joe in Lansing! 1880-1929 2. Reo Joe and His Big Factory Family! 1904-1929 3. Reo Joe's New Deal! 1924-1939 4. Reo Rebellions! 1939-1951: Wars! Women! and Wobblies 5. A Cold War Factory Family 6. The "Fall" of Reo! 1955-1975 Epilogue: Reo of the Mind Appendix: Tables Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Fine, Lisa M. Fine
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2004
• EAN: 9781592132584
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-258-4
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series; Critical Perspectives On The P; Critical Perspectives on the P
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology