Benevolent Barons: American Worker-Centered Industrialists, 1850-1910

by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr. and Quentin R Skrabec Jr.

American business has always had deep roots in community. For over a century, the country looked to philanthropic industrialists to finance hospitals, parks, libraries, civic programs, community welfare and disaster aid. Worker-centered capitalists saw the workplace as an extension of the community and poured millions into schools, job training and adult education. Often criticized as welfare capitalism, this system was unique in the world.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786494948
• ISBN13: 9780786494941
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher