Industrial Recreation, the Second World War, and the Revival of Welfare Capitalism, 1934–1960
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9623401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth Fones‐wolf (University of Massachusetts Amherst, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 232-257 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3115308 |
| OpenAlex | W2112192445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 22 |
Welfare capitalism has been perceived by many historians as succumbing to the stresses of the Depression. The work of recent scholars has contributed to an understanding of welfarism's continued existence through the 1930s and beyond, but little attention has been given to the process by which employers revitalized welfare work after the 1920s. In this article, Ms. Fones-Wolf explores the key role the Second World War played in helping to expand and legitimize corporate-sponsored welfarism, particularly in the area of recreational activity. With union resistance to welfare plans diminished, employers were able to extend their experimentation with this managerial device, thereby helping to defuse a postwar resurgence of militant unionism
Capitalism · Economics · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Recreation · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare capitalism · Welfare state · Welfarism · Work (physics · World War II · American History and Culture · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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Capital and Labor in Los Angeles
Workers and Dissent in the Redwood Empire
Managers and Nonunion Workers in the Rubber Industry
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Contested terrain
Employing Bureaucracy
American welfare capitalism, 1880-1940
Workers' control in America
Labor's War at Home
Creating the Welfare State
Catalogues and Counters
Working-Class Community in Industrial America
The Challenge to Urban Liberalism
The World of the Worker
State of War
War and Society
Negotiated Loyalty
The Company Union Movement, 1900–1937
Workers in industrial America
The politics of productivity
Managing the Employee Benefits Program
Worker's Control in America. Studies in the History of Work, Technology and Labor Struggles
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2022 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |