Electric City: General Electric in Schenectady explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company's creation in 1892 to the present.
For seven decades the General Electric Company maintained its manufacturing and administrative headquarters in Schenectady, New York. Electric City explores the history of General Electric in Schenectady from the company's creation in 1892 to the present. Julia Kirk Blackwelder has drawn on company records as well as other archival and secondary sources and personal interviews to produce a multi-layered history of General Electric's workplace culture and its effects on community life.