Isbn: 9781509561735 - small, medium, large: how government made the u.s. into a manufacturing powerhouse (33 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods from beds to batteries to printer paper are available in a finite number of standard sizes. What makes these sizes standard is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms often hotly competing firms reach such collective agreements?In exploring this question, Colleen Dunlavy puts the history of mass production and distribution in an entirely new light. She reveals that, despite the widely publicized model offered by Henry Ford, mass production techniques did not naturally diffuse throughout the U.S. economy. On the contrary, formidable market forces blocked their diffusion. It was only under the cover of collectively agreed-upon, industrywide standard sizes orchestrated by the federal government that competing firms were able to break free of market forces and transition to mass production and distribution. Without government promotion of standard sizes, the twentieth-century American variety of capitalism would have looked markedly less Fordist. Small, Medium, Large will make all of us think differently about the everyday consumer choices we take for granted. Also available as an audiobook. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardback. Condición: New. We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods - from beds to batteries to printer paper - are available in a finite number of "standard sizes." What makes these sizes "standard" is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms - often hotly competing firms - reach such collective agreements?In exploring this question, Colleen Dunlavy puts the history of mass production and distribution in an entirely new light. She reveals that, despite the widely publicized model offered by Henry Ford, mass production techniques did not naturally diffuse throughout the U.S. economy. On the contrary, formidable market forces blocked their diffusion. It was only under the cover of collectively agreed-upon, industrywide standard sizes - orchestrated by the federal government - that competing firms were able to break free of market forces and transition to mass production and distribution. Without government promotion of standard sizes, the twentieth-century American variety of capitalism would have looked markedly less "Fordist." Small, Medium, Large will make all of us think differently about the everyday consumer choices we take for granted. Also available as an audiobook.…

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Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Summary:We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods - from beds to batteries to printer paper - are available in a finite number of "standard sizes." What makes these sizes "standard" is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms - often hotly competing firms - reach such collective agreements? In exploring this question, the author puts the history of mass production and distribution in a new light. She reveals that, despite the widely publicized model offered by Henry Ford, mass production techniques did not naturally diffuse throughout the U.S. economy. On the contrary, formidable market forces blocked their diffusion. It was only under the cover of collectively agreed-upon, industrywide standard sizes - orchestrated by the federal government - that competing firms were able to break free of market forces and transition to mass production and distribution. Without government promotion of standard sizes, the twentieth-century American variety of capitalism would have looked markedly less "Fordist." This book will lead readers to think differently about the everyday consumer choices we take for granted.…

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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods from beds to batteries to printer paper are available in a finite number of standard sizes. What makes these sizes standard is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms often hotly competing firms reach such collective agreements?In exploring this question, Colleen Dunlavy puts the history of mass production and distribution in an entirely new light. She reveals that, despite the widely publicized model offered by Henry Ford, mass production techniques did not naturally diffuse throughout the U.S. economy. On the contrary, formidable market forces blocked their diffusion. It was only under the cover of collectively agreed-upon, industrywide standard sizes orchestrated by the federal government that competing firms were able to break free of market forces and transition to mass production and distribution. Without government promotion of standard sizes, the twentieth-century American variety of capitalism would have looked markedly less Fordist. Small, Medium, Large will make all of us think differently about the everyday consumer choices we take for granted. Also available as an audiobook. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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