Electric City

General Electric in Schenectady

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Business & Finance, Business Reference
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Author: Julia Kirk Blackwelder ISBN: 9781623492212
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Publication: November 14, 2014
Imprint: Texas A&M University Press Language: English
Author: Julia Kirk Blackwelder
ISBN: 9781623492212
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication: November 14, 2014
Imprint: Texas A&M University Press
Language: English

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 material goods that served society and led to corporate profits. Scientists were discoverers, engineers were designers and problem solvers, and craftsmen were artists.

Historian Julia Kirk Blackwelder has drawn on company records as well as other archival and secondary sources and personal interviews to produce an engaging and multi-layered history of General Electric’s workplace culture and its planned (and actual) effects on community life. Her research demonstrates how business and community histories intersect, and this nuanced look at race, gender, and class sets a standard for corporate history.

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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 material goods that served society and led to corporate profits. Scientists were discoverers, engineers were designers and problem solvers, and craftsmen were artists.

Historian Julia Kirk Blackwelder has drawn on company records as well as other archival and secondary sources and personal interviews to produce an engaging and multi-layered history of General Electric’s workplace culture and its planned (and actual) effects on community life. Her research demonstrates how business and community histories intersect, and this nuanced look at race, gender, and class sets a standard for corporate history.

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