{"product_id":"supervision-and-authority-in-industry-western-european-experiences-1830-1939-9781845456009","title":"Supervision and Authority in Industry: Western","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe number of studies discussing the labour relationship under industrial capitalism is overwhelming, but the literature on labour and its concrete, day-today shop-floor practices is much less abundant. How and by whom workers were supervised is one of the neglected aspects in the history of labour relations. After an insightful introductory chapter discussing the different forms of supervision in the United States, Britain, France and Germany before the First World War, the case studies in this volume focus on foremen: vital, but largely unstudied figures in the history of factory life, labour relations and management. Illustrating the multiple faces of the foreman, the contributors examine the artisanal sector, textiles, mining, printing, engineering, heavy manufacturing and car industries in Western Europe and show that the foreman was a multifaceted character who possessed technical expertise in addition to educational and organizational qualities. This comprehensive volume is further enhanced by comparisons with practices of supervision in Russia, Japan, China and India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World War\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Van den Eeckhout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Work Organisation and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849-1888)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCristina Borderías\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Salaried Authority. The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830-1914)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Scholliers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885-1913)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Van den Eeckhout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘To Organise Liberty’: Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British Industrialisation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJames A. Jaffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French Industry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJérôme Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGilles Postel-Vinay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Leading Hands at Work: the Impact of Changes in Technology, Work Organisation and Payment Systems on Supervision in the British Engineering Industry (1870-1914)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJoseph Melling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’: Employers, Supervisors and Work Organisation, c. 1890-1939\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRichard Coopey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlan McKinlay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Porions and Conducteurs: Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917-1939)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBart Delbroek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePostscript\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePatricia Van den Eeckhout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042981544279,"sku":"9781845456009","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845456009.jpg?v=1750956506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/supervision-and-authority-in-industry-western-european-experiences-1830-1939-9781845456009","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}