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100 1 _aKnowles, Anthony J.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDriving Productivity :
_bAutomation, Labor, and Industrial Development in the United States and Germany /
_cAnthony J. Knowles.
246 3 _aAutomation, Labor, and Industrial Development in the United States and Germany
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2025.
264 4 _c©2025
300 _a1 online resource (430 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026
490 1 _aStudies in Critical Social Sciences ;
_v331
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aDriving Productivity reconstructs the industrial histories of the American and German automotive industries in a new light. From the Fordist assembly line to Japanese lean production and Industry 4.0, Anthony J. Knowles critically examines major technical developments within the historical dynamics of capitalism. Both countries face the pressure to automate, transform labor, and increase efficiency, yet their responses differ due to divergent paradigms of integrating business, labor, and government. Driving Productivity makes the case that improving productivity is a never-ending process that becomes a compulsory social imperative that industries must respond to but are nevertheless responded to differently between countries.
546 _aEnglish
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aHistory.
650 0 _aSocial Sciences.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tDriving Productivity : Automation, Labor, and Industrial Development in the United States and Germany.
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
_z9789004736702
830 0 _aSocial Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
830 0 _aStudies in Critical Social Sciences ;
_v331.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004736719
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