Description: Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company's creation in 1892 to the present.
Review Quotes: "Brimming with fascinating portraits of management and workers on the job and at leisure, Electric City subtly probes the values and cultural practices undergirding American society during the nation's age of manufacturing preeminence. Blackwelder's deft treatment of the masculine engineering ethos permeating GE's culture, and her rich examination of how that ethos shaped life in Schenectady, mark this as an important and pioneering work in the cultural history of American business."-- Steven W. Usselman, Professor of History at the Georgia Institute of Technology, author of Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840-1920--Steven W. Usselman (6/6/2014 12:00:00 AM)