From Industry to Alchemy: Burgmaster, a Machine Tool Company

· Beard Books
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352
Pages
Tools

About this ebook

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
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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About the author

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.
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 mac...

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