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• catalog abstract "The largest maker of heavy machinery in Gilded Age America and an important global exporter, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia achieved renown as one of the nation's most successful and important firms. Relying on skilled craftsmen in labor-intensive batch production, Baldwin made the heavy machinery that transformed the United States into the world's top industrial power in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915, John K. Brown combines economic, business, labor, and social history and the history of technology to write a dazzling account of this giant of nineteenth-century industry. Comprehensive and heavily illustrated, Brown's study analyzes the structure of railroad demand; the forces driving continual innovation in locomotive design; Baldwin's management systems, shop-floor skills, and career paths; and the evolution of production methods. Baldwin's sophisticated production-management controls prefigured the scientific management movement and allowed the firm to fulfill its customers' special design needs, thus cementing close relations with clients. The company became so adept at meeting varied specifications that in a single year, 1890, its 4,500 workers made 946 locomotives to 316 different designs.".
• catalog contributor b8234203.
• catalog coverage "United States Industries History.".
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "1. Establishing the Baldwin Works, 1831-1866 -- 2. The Locomotive Industry, 1860-1901 -- 3. The Character of Innovation in Locomotive Design -- 4. Management at Baldwin, 1850-1909 -- 5. The Baldwin Workforce, 1860-1900 -- 6. Building Locomotives, 1850-1900 -- 7. Triumph and Eclipse, 1900-1915 -- Conclusion: Baldwin, the Capital Equipment Sector, and the Nineteenth-Century Economy -- Appendix A: Baldwin's Annual Output and Employment, 1832-1932 -- Appendix B: Data on Major American Locomotive Builders.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.".
• catalog description "The largest maker of heavy machinery in Gilded Age America and an important global exporter, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia achieved renown as one of the nation's most successful and important firms. Relying on skilled craftsmen in labor-intensive batch production, Baldwin made the heavy machinery that transformed the United States into the world's top industrial power in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915, John K. Brown combines economic, business, labor, and social history and the history of technology to write a dazzling account of this giant of nineteenth-century industry. Comprehensive and heavily illustrated, Brown's study analyzes the structure of railroad demand; the forces driving continual innovation in locomotive design; Baldwin's management systems, shop-floor skills, and career paths; and the evolution of production methods. Baldwin's sophisticated production-management controls prefigured the scientific management movement and allowed the firm to fulfill its customers' special design needs, thus cementing close relations with clients. The company became so adept at meeting varied specifications that in a single year, 1890, its 4,500 workers made 946 locomotives to 316 different designs.".
• catalog extent "xxxii, 328 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915.".
• catalog identifier "0801850479 (acid-free paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915.".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in industry and society ; 8".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
• catalog relation "Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915.".
• catalog spatial "United States Industries History.".
• catalog subject "338.7/62526/0973 20".
• catalog subject "Baldwin Locomotive Works History.".
• catalog subject "Locomotives Production History".
• catalog subject "TJ625.B2 B76 1995".
• catalog subject "United States".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Establishing the Baldwin Works, 1831-1866 -- 2. The Locomotive Industry, 1860-1901 -- 3. The Character of Innovation in Locomotive Design -- 4. Management at Baldwin, 1850-1909 -- 5. The Baldwin Workforce, 1860-1900 -- 6. Building Locomotives, 1850-1900 -- 7. Triumph and Eclipse, 1900-1915 -- Conclusion: Baldwin, the Capital Equipment Sector, and the Nineteenth-Century Economy -- Appendix A: Baldwin's Annual Output and Employment, 1832-1932 -- Appendix B: Data on Major American Locomotive Builders.".
• catalog title "The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915 : a study in American industrial practice / John K. Brown.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".