Modern Times

Richard Donkin

Chapter Chapter 11 in The History of Work, 2010, pp 146-159 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In 1909 a fully equipped Model T Ford tourer cost $950. In 1914 it cost $490, and in 1916 it cost $360. The earliest of these cars were produced by teams of assembly workers putting them together in one spot. In that first year the company made 13,840 cars. In 1914, when the car had begun to move along an assembly line, Ford made 230,788, and in 1916 it made 585,388. In even years the motorcar had come of age. So had the conveyor-belt system of production that would be lampooned so effectively by Charlie Chaplin in the opening sequences of his 1936 film Modern Times.

Keywords: Assembly Line; Modern Time; Secret Police; Interstate Commerce Commission; Work Obsession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230282179_11

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