Florentine Ariosto Jones - Jacob, Frank
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This book recounts the story of Florentine Ariosto Jones, who after the Civil War decided to manufacture watches. Combining the cheap labor available at the time in Switzerland with US manufacturing technologies, Jones embarked on his venture to produce affordable watches for the American market. Consequently, he became a pioneer in the business of outsourcing labor for economic purposes through his contracting of labor to Europe. While the company still exists today, very little is known about Jones. The present book will undoubtedly change this by telling the fascinating story of an American…mehr

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This book recounts the story of Florentine Ariosto Jones, who after the Civil War decided to manufacture watches. Combining the cheap labor available at the time in Switzerland with US manufacturing technologies, Jones embarked on his venture to produce affordable watches for the American market. Consequently, he became a pioneer in the business of outsourcing labor for economic purposes through his contracting of labor to Europe. While the company still exists today, very little is known about Jones. The present book will undoubtedly change this by telling the fascinating story of an American adventurer and his pursuit to globalize American watchmaking at the end of the 19th Century.
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Autorenporträt
Frank Jacob es profesor de Historia Global en la Nord Universitet, Noruega. Anteriormente ocupó cargos en la City University de Nueva York y la Universidad de Würzburg, Alemania. Jacob recibió un doctorado en Estudios Japoneses en la Universidad de Erlangen, Alemania en 2012, y un DBA con especialización en gestión intercultural de la Universidad Jean Moulin, Lyon III/BSI, Luxemburgo en 2021. Sus principales campos de investigación incluyen la historia japonesa moderna, el anarquismo transnacional y la teoría de la revolución. Jacob ha escrito o editado más de 100 libros desde 2013, y sus publicaciones recientes con Vernon Press incluyen 'Florentine Ariosto Jones: A Yankee in Switzerland and the Early Globalization of the American System of Watchmaking' (2021).