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Book SynopsisThe recipient of the Society of American Archivists' Waldo Gifford Leland Prize and the Association for Business Communication's Alpha Kappa Psi Award for Distinguished Publication on Business Communication, Yates discusses how modern managerial systems evolved within the American business system.
Trade Review[This book's] timeliness is remarkable. Now that the Western system of responsible (that is, profit-based) production has emerged as the victor over command economies, the secrets of how we did it may replace foreign relations as 'topic A' at conferences, and historians who continue to reject 'material civilization' as unworthy of genuine scholars will do so at their peril. American Historical Review A superb historical analysis of the philosophical and technological forces that led to the development of communication genres and processes in the modern American corporation. Journal of Business Communication
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Transformation of Internal Communication
1. material Methods and the Fuctions of Internal Communication
2. Communication Technology and the Growth of Internal Communication
3. Genres of Internal Communication
4. The Illinois Central before 1887: Communication for Compliance and Efficiency
7. Du Pont's First Century: Conservatism in Family and Firm
8. Du Pont, 1902-1920: Radical Change from a New Generation
Conclusion
Notes
A Note on Archival Sources
Index
