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Florentine Ariosto Jones: a Yankee in Switzerland and the Early Globalization of the American System of Watchmaking [B&W] by Frank Jacob (2022, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherVernon Art AND Science Inc.

ISBN-101648893600

ISBN-139781648893605

eBay Product ID (ePID)17057277333

Product Key Features

SubjectGeneral, World

Publication Year2022

Publication NameFlorentine Ariosto Jones: a Yankee in Switzerland and the Early Globalization of the American System of Watchmaking [B&W]

LanguageEnglish

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History

AuthorFrank Jacob

FormatTrade Paperback

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2021-936473

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal681.1/14092

SynopsisThis 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.