Main entry:

Buder, Stanley, author.

Title & Author:

Pullman : an experiment in industrial order and community planning, 1880-1930 / Stanley Buder.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1967.

Description:

xii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 22 cm.

Series:

The Urban life in America series

Notes:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
The Pullman system. Development and promotion of the sleeping car ; Pullman's Palace Car Company, 1867-80 ; George M. Pullman and the social problems of his time ; Industrial expansion and a planned community -- The model town, 1880-93. Physical planning of town and factory ; Physical planning and social control ; Social characteristics of workers and residents ; Public opinion and the town -- The community and the company. Democratic government and the business ethic ; Company community and city satellite ; Innovation and employee dissatisfaction -- Impact of strike and boycott on the community. The walkout; The conduct of the strike; The boycott, federal intervention, and public opinion; Community tension and the strike's collapse -- From model town to urban community, 1894-1930. The separation of factory and town; The loss of community identity.

Summary:

Biography of george pullman, and case study of his historical activities in promoting and developing the pullman railway sleeping car organisation in the USA as an example of how American industry can take part in urbanization activities in respect of its workers and create satisfactory labour relations and community developments to solve social problems. Partly annotated bibliography of pullman's works. Biography pullman g.

Subject:

Pullman, George Mortimer, 1831-1897.
history.
urbanization.
labour relations.
community development.
histoire.
urbanisation.
relations de travail.
développement communautaire.
historia.
urbanización.
relaciones laborales.
desarrollo de la comunidad.
Pullman (Chicago, Ill.)
Pullman (Ill.)
Illinois Chicago Pullman
USA.
Etats-Unis.
Estados Unidos.

Form/genre:

biography.
annotated bibliography.
biographie.
bibliographie annotée.
biografía.
bibliografía comentada.

Added entries:

Urban life in America series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135761
Call No.: W16677; ID:85-B24678
Status: Available