AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
Erik de Gier
Capitalist Workingman's Paradises Revisited
Corporate Welfare Work in Great Britain, the USA, Germany and France in the Golden Age of Capitalism, 1880-1930 This book offers an in-depth exploration of the international phenomenon of enlightened paternalist capitalism and social engineering in the golden age of capitalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Erik de Gier shows how utopian socialist, religious, and craft-based ideas influenced the welfare work and educations programmes offered by paternalistic businesses in different ways from nation to nation, looking closely at sites like the Pullman community in Chicago and Port Sunlight in the UK. De Gier brings the book fully up to date with a brief comparison to contemporary welfare capitalism in our highly flexible working world.
Erik de Gier is emeritus professor of Business Administration at Radboud University Nijmegen. May 2016 188 pages, 6 b/w illustrations Hardback ISBN 978 90 8964 581 4 e-ISBN 978 90 4851 995 8 €79.00 | £64.00 | $99.00 Available to order through your local book seller or on www.aup.nl
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