Now that I have outlined a thesis that I think will be more useful to my argument I am trying to fit the books that we read in class into my paper. The one book that is easiest to incorporate is Lisa Fine's The Story of Reo Joe. I referenced Ransom Olds in my rough draft but would like to go more in depth in my final paper. The theme that resonates throughout the book was Olds wish to create a white, male, protestant workforce. He used the notion of welfare capitalism or corporate paternalism to create this workforce. Though my research focuses on corporate paternalism the corporation's I focus on did not want the end to result in a specific workforce. Rather, it was used to combat the radical tendencies of its employees, especially the Finnish community. The other two books are going to be a little more difficult to incorporate but I think as I will look more into it I will be able to fit it in somewhere.
See everyone tomorrow and I look forward to listening to every one's presentations.
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