Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric
Manufacturing the Future: A History of Western Electric is the first full-length history of the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System. As a manufacturer in the communications revolutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Western Electric made new products such as telegraphs, telephones, an early computing machine, radios, radar, and transistors. The book demonstrates, through Western's 1882 acquisition by Bell Telephone, that vertical integration was a...
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A first full-length history of the Western Electric Company, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System.
PrefaceIntroduction1Ch. 1Before the Bell: 1869-188214Ch. 2In Bell's World, but Not of It: 1882-190045Ch. 3Systems of Managing and Managing of Systems: 1900-192571Ch. 4Heard Round the World: 1925-1950112Ch. 5Defense and Social Contracts: 1950-1972148Ch. 6A Shock to the System: 1972-1984184Ch. 7After the Western: 1984-1995205Conclusion214App. AChief Executives219App. BCompany Sales and Employees220Notes225Bibliographical Essay251Index261
