Women's work and politics in WWI America : the Munsingwear family of Minneapolis /: the Munsingwear family of Minneapolis. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lars Olsson.
• Authors: Olsson, Lars
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; "Camp Munsingwear" at War; "… the Problem of Women in Industry Is Growing Greater Every Day"; The Northwestern Knitting Company; The Minnesota Watchdog of Loyalty and Its Women's Committee; Sources; Chapter 2 The Political Economy of Minneapolis; An Industrial Center of the Midwest; Labor Migration into Minneapolis; Population, Occupation, and Politics in Minneapolis Until 1920; Organized Labor in Minneapolis; Organized Capital in Minneapolis; Labor Politics in Minnesota 1887-1920 Chapter 3 The Northwestern Knitting Company-Makers of Munsing WearIndustrial Garment Making; Knitting and Sewing-Women's Work; The Northwestern Knitting Company/The Munsingwear Corporation; Scientific Management at Work; The Directors; The Women at Work; Chapter 4 Divided Work-Women and Men at Work for the Company; Introduction to Work; The Making of Munsing Wear; The Administration of the Making of Munsing Wear; Expansion and Feminization of Office Work in the United States and in Minneapolis; The Administration of the Making of Munsing Wear Cleaning and Feeding: Reproductive Work for "the Munsingwear Family"Hours of Work; Chapter 5 A Non-union Shop; Organized Labor Within the US Garment Industry; Unionization Efforts of Garment Workers in Minneapolis and at the Northwestern Knitting Company/the Munsingwear Corporation; Chapter 6 "The Munsingwear Family": Industrial Welfare and Paternalism; Industrial Welfare in the United States and in Minneapolis; Labor Turnover, Industrial Welfare and Paternalism in "the Munsingwear Family"; Bonus and Profit Sharing; The Munsingwear Industrial Welfare Program; The Cafeteria The Employee's Mutual Benefit AssociationGetting to Work and Back Home; The Medical Department; The Munsingwear News-The Company House Organ; Leisure-Time Activities as Company Paternalism; Munsingwear Mixed Minstrels-Whiteness at Work in "the Munsingwear Family"; Chapter 7 Progressivism and Social Work for Women in Minneapolis; Gendered Progressivism in the United States; The Women's Trade Union League; The Women's Welfare League; The Young Women's Christian Association; Settlement Houses Chapter 8 One People, One Language, One Nation: "The Munsingwear Family" in the Anglo-Americanization ProcessAnglo-Americanization in Minnesota and Minneapolis; Becoming Anglo-Americans at the Munsingwear Corporation; Liberty Loans and War Savings Stamps; Anglo-Americanization at Work; The Northwestern Knitting Company/The Munsingwear Inc. in the War; Chapter 9 The Munsingwear Family of Minneapolis at War: Conclusions; Class, Gender, and Ethnicity at Work in "the Munsingwear Family"; The Making of "the Munsingwear Family"; Making "the Munsingwear Family" into Loyal Americans; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 677.0283; Textile industry -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Textiles & Polymers; Textile industry; Women; Minnesota -- Minneapolis; United States; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319902159; 3319902156
• Related ISBNs: 9783319902142; 3319902148
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 6, 2018)
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