Chasing automation: the politics of technology and jobs from the roaring twenties to the Great Society

"Chasing Automation describes how in the period from 1921 to 1966, despite the inherent limitations of politics to anticipate the effects of technology on jobs, an eclectic and fragile coalition of reform-minded politicians successfully erected a legal framework that mitigated the worst effects...

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Main Author: Prout, Jerry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2022
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Chasing Automation describes how in the period from 1921 to 1966, despite the inherent limitations of politics to anticipate the effects of technology on jobs, an eclectic and fragile coalition of reform-minded politicians successfully erected a legal framework that mitigated the worst effects of technological unemployment"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781501764011
1501764012
9781501764004
1501764004

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