Eastern Workers Research Articles

To Loosen the Safety Valve: Eastern Workers and Western Lands

Journal Article To Loosen the Safety Valve: Eastern Workers and Western Lands Get access William F. Deverell William F. Deverell doctoral candidate in American History Princeton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 3, August 1988, Pages 269–285, https://doi.org/10.2307/968232 Published: 01 August 1988

Ancient Glass, II: Roman

A brief summary of the history of glassmaking up to the later lst century B. C. is given. Slight archaeological evidence suggests that glass-blowing, a revolutionary technique, originated in Syria, perhaps c. 50 B.C., whence it spread first to northern Italy where Syrians founded factories, and thence rapidly to most north-western provinces. Alexandrian-type cast vessels probably continued in production in Campania and Rome uutil mid-1st century A.D. From later that century almost every eastern area also had glass-houses, and long-distance trade was probably predominantly from east to west. Migration of eastern workers to Gaul and the Rhineland is attested by epigraphy and the contemporaneous introduction of new techniques in east and west. In the later 1st century A.D. colorless metal was much used for blown glass, and by early 3rd century most of the best glass was colorless. By mid-4th century mobility of workers seems to have ceased and glassmaking center developed along individual lines. -- AATA

Testing, management and reactions of foreign workers in Germany during World War II.

The author gathered his information through contacts with German applied psychologists. He describes in some detail the testing of foreign workers and its results, as well as the management of foreign workers. The approach of German psychologists was more clinical than psychometric. It was found that foreign workers were generally considered satisfactory in their output of labor. The conclusion is made that the same set of psychological principles holds true in a totalitarian state as it does in a free society. Statistical tables show (1) Estimated rank order of general ability of European nationals based on testing and other experience; (2) Classification for industrial employment of seven groups of Eastern workers; (3) Results from Bombing Survey questionnaire study with foreign workers indicating attitudes of French, Italian and Russian workers toward a Nazi victory. 31-item bibliography. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)