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Moore, Colleen A. – 1982
Mass production, introduced into the factories of the United States in the early 1900s, required workers who were trained to be cooperative, loyal to the company, and possessed specific job skills to operate the machinery. To produce these workers, American corporations turned away from the educational programs of the public schools, and began to…
Descriptors: Educational History, Industrial Education, Industrial Training, Industrialization