A Place to Live and Work: The Henry Disston Saw Works and the Tacony Community

Description: A rich history of the unique relationship between life and work in an American factory town from 1840 to 1984, A Place to Live and Work tells the remarkable story of Henry Disston's saw manufacturing company and the factory town he built. The book provides a rare view of the rise of one of America's largest and most powerful family-owned businesses, from its modest beginnings in 1840 to the 1940s, when Disston products were known worldwide, to the sale and demise of the company in the postwar years. Henry Disston, however, not only built a factory; he also shaped Tacony, the town in northeastern Philadelphia where the workers lived. The book describes the company's interdependence with the community and profiles the lifestyle that grew out of Disston's paternalistic blueprint for Tacony.Using original letter books, shop committee meeting notes, photograp…condition info: Missing dust cover. Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have light markings on pages. Former library copy.

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EAN: 9780271010793

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Number of Pages: 252 Pages

Publication Name: Place to Live and Work : the Henry Disston Saw Works and the Tacony Community of Philadelphia

Language: English

Publisher: Pennsylvania STATE University Press

Subject: Social Aspects, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 1994

Item Weight: 23.6 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Harry C. Silcox

Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, History

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover