Author: WILLIAMS, HUBERT (ED.)
Title: Man and the machine / edited by Hubert Williams ; preface by J. B. Priestley
Description: London : G. Routledge & Sons 1935. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 207 pages; Description: xii. 207. 19cm. Subjects: Machinery in the workplace. Technolgy -- workers -- 1930s. Contents: --1. Those who control the machine: The future of leisure. by Sir Harold Bowden. A printer's viewpoint. by R.C. Hazell. Mechanization of the coal-mining industry. by Sir R.A.S. Redmayne. --2.Those whom the machine controls: The miner. by Alfred Varley. The engineer. by William Ferrie. The steel worker. by William Gregory. The cotton operative. by Jim Ward. --3. Observers: Man and the machine. by Sir Arnold Wilson. The trade union view. by Will Sherwood. The economist's view. by E.F.M. Durbin. Boredom and work. by Winifred Raphael.Weight in Kg appr.:

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