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Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
[Mass production by Henry Ford,] The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature & general information. [v.30, 821-23.]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
13th ed., being volumes one to twenty-eight of the latest standard edition with the three new volumes covering recent years and the index volume ...
London, The Encyclopædia britannica company, ltd.; New York, The Encyclopædia britannica, inc. [c1926]
SUMMARY
In this Encyclopedia Britannica entry, Henry Ford discusses the origins, principles, and effects of mass production, specifying what mass production is and is not. He responds to criticism of the mass-production system on the assembly line, addressing charges that mass-production work is monotonous and places man under the command of machines.
NOTES
Vol. 1-28 edited by Hugh Chisholm, v. 29-32 edited by J.L. Garvin.
On cover: Cambridge issue.
Available as facsimile page image(s).
SUBJECTS
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Automobile industry
RELATED NAMES
Chisholm, Hugh, 1866-1924, ed.
Garvin, James Louis, 1868-1947, ed.
MEDIUM
32 v. illus., plates (part col.) ports., maps (part double) facsims. (1 col.) diagrs., coats of arms (part col.) 30 cm.
CALL NUMBER
AE5 .E363 1926
DIGITAL ID
amrlg lg48 urn:hdl:loc.gdc/amrlg.lg48 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/amrlg.lg48
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