The Factory: A Social History of Work and Technology

Description

The book goes beyond the assembly line to examine the physical environment of the industrial landscape. Appeals to readers interested in world history, industrial tourism, and the robotics industry Explains the significance of the factory to American history and culture Tells the story of American factory work through spaces and objects Details how factory buildings have evolved over the years. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction: The Evolution of Manufacturing Systems and Spaces......Page 12 Early Chinese Industries......Page 13 The Guild System......Page 15 The Putting-Out System......Page 16 Spinning Wheels......Page 18 The Industrial Revolution......Page 20 Literary Criticism of the Factory......Page 21 Understanding the Industrial Revolution Today......Page 23 Conclusion......Page 24 Chronology......Page 26 Building Materials and the Shape of a Factory......Page 32 The Waterwheel......Page 34 The Lineshaft......Page 35 The Engine of the Industrial Revolution......Page 36 Electrifying the Factory......Page 39 The Pioneers of Air Conditioning......Page 40 Daylight Factories and Progressive-Era Mores......Page 42 Corporate Architecture......Page 45 The Modern Factory......Page 47 The Factory in Popular Culture......Page 49 Conclusion......Page 50 Tool Chests......Page 52 The Machine Shop......Page 55 The American System of Manufacturing......Page 58 Manufacturing Guns......Page 60 Manufacturing Clocks......Page 62 Factory Time and Taylorism......Page 63 World’s Fairs and Industrial Expositions......Page 64 Conclusion......Page 66 The Inventions That Created the Textile Factory......Page 68 British Textile Mills......Page 71 The Luddites Revolt......Page 73 American Textile Mills......Page 76 The Waltham-Lowell Template......Page 77 The Women of Lowell......Page 79 Literary Lowell......Page 80 An Expansion South......Page 84 The Lowell Experiment......Page 87 The Material Culture of Mills......Page 88 Conclusion......Page 90 From Miasma to Germ Theory......Page 92 A Tour of Heinz’s Model Kitchens......Page 94 Touring Food Factories Today......Page 99 The Factory Kitchen as a Scientific Laboratory......Page 101 Marketing Processed Food to Women......Page 104 Introducing Canned Food......Page 106 Packaging Food in Waxed Paper and Cardboard Boxes......Page 109 Mechanical Refrigeration......Page 111 Food Factories at International Exhibitions......Page 112 The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906......Page 114 Conclusion......Page 116 Chapter 5: The Automotive Assembly Line......Page 118 Highland Park: The Birthplace of the Assembly Line......Page 119 The Move to River Rouge......Page 122 Blueprints and Proving Grounds......Page 123 Taking the Factory to the Fair......Page 124 Akron, Ohio: The Rubber Capital of the World......Page 126 Ford’s Paternalism......Page 129 The Workers’ Voice......Page 132 The Artists’ Voice......Page 135 Conclusion......Page 139 Early Attempts at Cleaner Rooms......Page 142 Ventilation and Laminar Flow......Page 145 Hepa Filters......Page 148 AT&T’s Modern Clean Rooms......Page 150 Sandia Laboratories and Mr. Clean......Page 153 The Military-Industrial Complex......Page 156 Working in a Clean Room......Page 158 Conclusion......Page 160 Epilogue: The Postindustrial Landscape......Page 162 The Creation of the Rust Belt......Page 163 The Beginnings of the Environmental Movement......Page 164 Love Canal......Page 165 Factories and Superfund Sites......Page 167 Historic Preservation and Factory Reuse......Page 169 Greenville, South Carolina: An Example of Reinvention......Page 172 The Anthropocene......Page 173 Conclusion......Page 175 Glossary......Page 178 Books and Articles......Page 186 Digital and Museum Resources......Page 189 Archival Resources......Page 190 Index......Page 192 About the Author......Page 198