Electric city : General Electric in Schenectady /

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Author / Creator:Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943- author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; number twenty-four
Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 24.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11238288
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ISBN:9781623492212
1623492211
9781623491864
162349186X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York. Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company's creation in 1892 to the present. As one of America's largest and most successful corporations, GE built a culture centered around the social good of technology and the virtues of the people who produced it. At its core, GE culture posited that engineers, scientists, and craftsmen engaged in a team effort to produce technologically advanced ma.
Other form:Print version: Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943- Electric city. First edition 9781623491864