Man and the machine / edited by Hubert Williams ; preface by J. B. Priestley

Williams, Hubert (ed.)

Published by London : G. Routledge & Sons, 1935

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Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages; Description: xii, 207. 19cm. Subjects: Machinery in the workplace. Technolgy -- workers -- 1930s. Contents: --1. Those who control the machine: The future of leisure, by Sir Harold Bowden. A printer's viewpoint, by R.C. Hazell. Mechanization of the coal-mining industry, by Sir R.A.S. Redmayne. --2.Those whom the machine controls: The miner, by Alfred Varley. The engineer, by William Ferrie. The steel worker, by William Gregory. The cotton operative, by Jim Ward. --3. Observers: Man and the machine, by Sir Arnold Wilson. The trade union view, by Will Sherwood. The economist's view, by E.F.M. Durbin. Boredom and work, by Winifred Raphael. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 177170

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Title: Man and the machine / edited by Hubert ...
Publisher: London : G. Routledge & Sons
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.

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