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Author : Shakila Yacob
Release : 2004
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Book Synopsis Model of Welfare Capitalism? United States Rubber Company in Southeast Asia, 1910-1942 by : Shakila Yacob
Download or read book Model of Welfare Capitalism? United States Rubber Company in Southeast Asia, 1910-1942 written by Shakila Yacob. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shakila Yacob
Release : 2010
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Book Synopsis Model of Welfare Capitalism? The United States Rubber Company in Southeast Asia, 1910-1942 by : Shakila Yacob
Download or read book Model of Welfare Capitalism? The United States Rubber Company in Southeast Asia, 1910-1942 written by Shakila Yacob. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare capitalism, the management ethos adopted by American business leaders in the early twentieth century, emphasizes the role of business rather than trade unions or government in taking care of its workers. This article focuses on the reasons why the United States Rubber Company (USRC), one of the four largest U.S. rubber manufacturers, promoted welfare capitalism at its rubber plantations on the east coast of Sumatra and Malaya between 1910 and 1942. In addition, this study assesses the development of USRC's system of welfare in the areas of housing, profit sharing, pension plans, health care, and recreation. This article argues that USRC's intention was not to forestall unionization (the intention of U.S.-based companies in adopting welfare capitalism), as union formation in Southeast Asia during that period was very unlikely, but to overcome labor shortages and high turnover rates and to ensure labor stability. With reduced labor costs, the availability of financial resources allowed for technical innovations and Ramp;D, which ultimately would lead to increased productivity.
Author : Stephen L. Harp
Release : 2015-12-21
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A World History of Rubber by : Stephen L. Harp
Download or read book A World History of Rubber written by Stephen L. Harp. This book was released on 2015-12-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption, from the nineteenth century to today, through the fascinating story of one commodity. Divides the coverage into themes of race, migration, and labor; gender on plantations and in factories; demand and everyday consumption; World Wars and nationalism; and resistance and independence Highlights the interrelatedness of our world long before the age of globalization and the global social inequalities that persist today Discusses key concepts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including imperialism, industrialization, racism, and inequality, through the lens of rubber Provides an engaging and accessible narrative for all levels that is filled with archival research, illustrations, and maps
Author : Shakila Yacob
Release : 2008-05-27
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis The United States and the Malaysian Economy by : Shakila Yacob
Download or read book The United States and the Malaysian Economy written by Shakila Yacob. This book was released on 2008-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : The US, colonial rule and the Malayan economy -- US and Malaya connections: 1870-1918 -- strengthening ties, 1919-1957 -- Mining : Yukon gold to Pacific tin -- Plantation : United States Rubber Company -- Taking the high road : Ford Malaya -- Conclusion : counting the cost -- Epilogue : the future looks bright.
Author : Michitake Aso
Release : 2018-04-25
Genre : Nature
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Book Synopsis Rubber and the Making of Vietnam by : Michitake Aso
Download or read book Rubber and the Making of Vietnam written by Michitake Aso. This book was released on 2018-04-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating back to the nineteenth-century transplantation of a latex-producing tree from the Amazon to Southeast Asia, rubber production has wrought monumental changes worldwide. During a turbulent Vietnamese past, rubber transcended capitalism and socialism, colonization and decolonization, becoming a key commodity around which life and history have revolved. In this pathbreaking study, Michitake Aso narrates how rubber plantations came to dominate the material and symbolic landscape of Vietnam and its neighbors, structuring the region's environment of conflict and violence. Tracing the stories of agronomists, medical doctors, laborers, and leaders of independence movements, Aso demonstrates how postcolonial socialist visions of agriculture and medicine were informed by their colonial and capitalist predecessors in important ways. As rubber cultivation funded infrastructural improvements and the creation of a skilled labor force, private and state-run plantations became landscapes of oppression, resistance, and modernity. Synthesizing archival material in English, French, and Vietnamese, Aso uses rubber plantations as a lens to examine the entanglements of nature, culture, and politics and demonstrates how the demand for rubber has impacted nearly a century of war and, at best, uneasy peace in Vietnam.
