>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:34:00 EST >Reply-To: H-Net Labor History Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: H-Net Labor History Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "Seth Wigderson, U Maine Augusta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Book Announcement - Jacoby - Modern Manors > >NEW BOOK *** NEW BOOK > >Sanford M. Jacoby, MODERN MANORS: WELFARE CAPITALISM SINCE >THE NEW DEAL (Princeton Univ. Press, 1997), Cloth, $35. > > >Book Description: >In light of recent trends of corporate downsizing and debates over >corporate responsibility, Sanford Jacoby offers a timely, >comprehensive history of twentieth-century welfare capitalism, that >is, the history of nonunion corporations that looked after the >economic security of employees. Building on three fascinating case >studies of "modern manors" (Eastman Kodak, Sears, and TRW), Jacoby >argues that welfare capitalism did not expire during the Depression, >as traditionally thought. Rather it adapted to the challenges of the >1930s and became a powerful, though overlooked, factor in the history >of the welfare state, the labor movement, and the corporation. >"Fringe" benefits, new forms of employee participation, and >sophisticated anti-union policies are just some of the outgrowths of >welfare capitalism that provided a model for contemporary employers >seeking to create productive nonunion workplaces. Although employer >paternalism has faltered in recent years, many Americans still look to >corporations, rather than to unions or government, to meet their >needs. Jacoby explains why there remains widespread support for the >notion that corporations should be the keystone of economic security >in American society and offers a perspective on recent business >trends. Based on extensive research, Modern Manors greatly advances >the study of corporate and union power in the twentieth century. > > >-------------------------------- >David Huang >Princeton University Press >(609) 258-2336 >fax: (609) 258-6305 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-------------------------------- > > ================================== >From: Steven Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >America--We're Number One (from "We're Number One: Where America stands--and > falls--in the New World Order" by Andrew L. Shapiro, Vintage N.Y., 1992) > > Among industrialized nations, America stands number one in: (in terms of > rates per 100,000 or per capita): > > No. 1 in billionaires AND No. 1 in children living in poverty > No. 1 in wealth AND income inequality > No. 1 in percentage of the population without health care > No. 1 in infant mortality, percentage of infants born at low birth weight, > preschoolers NOT fully immunized and death of children under 5 yrs old. > No. 1 in highest paid athletes AND lowest teacher salaries > No. 1 in homelessness > No. 1 in military spending and military aid to developing countries > No. 1 in executive salaries AND in pay inequality between executives and > average workers > No. 1 in percentage of population who have been a victim of a crime, in > murder rate, in murder of children, and in reported rapes > > Yeah, we're really #1! > > >******************************* >* Alex Chis & Claudette Begin * >* P.O. Box 2944 * >* Fremont, CA 94536 * >* 510-489-8554 * >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] * >*******************************
