A Prelude to the Welfare State : The Origins of Workers' Compensation

The University of Chicago Press

A Prelude to the Welfare State The Origins of Workers Compensation National Bureau of Economic Research Series on LongTerm Factors in Economi\nby Price V. Fishback\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Price V. Fishback\nTitle: A Prelude to the Welfare State The Origins of Workers Compensation National Bureau of Economic Research Series on LongTerm Factors in Economi\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press\nPublication year: 2000\nISBN-13: 9780226251639\nISBN-10: 0226251632\nRRP: \u00A380.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nPresents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. This book argues that workers' compensation,.