From Industry to Alchemy: Burgmaster, a Machine Tool Company

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Beard Books, 2002 - Business & Economics - 352 pages
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This is a reprint of "When the Machine Stopped: A Cautionary Tale from Industrial America", with a new title. It traces the life and death of a small tool company to illustrate how speculation trumps enterprise
 

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Contents

Success Story 19541959
23
Heydays 19601964
37
Takeover 1965
53
The Houdaille Way 19661967
67
Under New Management 1968
81
Cutting Edge Lost 19691970
97
Stagnation 19711978
129
Buyout 19791980
149
Turning to Washington 19811982
171
Blame the Japanese 19821983
191
Demise 19831985
223
Workers Managers and Alchemists 19861987
245
Epilogue
263
Copyright

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About the author (2002)

Max Holland is a contributing editor to the Nation and the Wilson Quarterly magazines, and a research fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. His articles on business and contemporary history have been published widely. His father worked for the Burgmaster machine tool company for twenty-nine years.

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TitleFrom Industry to Alchemy: Burgmaster, a Machine Tool Company
AuthorMax Holland
PublisherBeard Books, 2002
ISBN158798153X, 9781587981531
Length352 pages
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Business & Economics / Infrastructure
  
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