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Unemployment insurance ; the American experience, 1915-1935

Title
Unemployment insurance ; the American experience, 1915-1935 / Daniel Nelson.
Author
Nelson, Daniel, 1941-
Publication
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1969.

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Description
ix, 305 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Study of historical aspects of unemployment benefit in the USA - refers to the period from 1915 to 1935, covers legal aspects, attitudes towards unemployment (incl. Government, trade union and management attitudes), social implications of the economic recession (with particular reference to the clothing industry), economic policy and social policy of the new deal, etc., and includes comments on relevant labour legislation. Bibliography pp. 243 to 287.
Subject
  • Unemployment insurance > United States
  • Unemployment insurance
  • history
  • unemployment benefit
  • clothing industry
  • economic policy
  • economic recession
  • government
  • labour legislation
  • legal aspect
  • management attitude
  • social implication
  • social policy
  • trade union
  • unemployment
  • histoire
  • prestations de chômage
  • aspect juridique
  • attitude patronale
  • chômage
  • conséquences sociales
  • gouvernement
  • industrie du vêtement
  • législation du travail
  • politique économique
  • politique sociale
  • récession économique
  • syndicat
  • historia
  • prestaciones por desempleo
  • actitud de la dirección
  • aspecto jurídico
  • consecuencias sociales
  • desempleo
  • gobierno
  • industria del vestido
  • legislación del trabajo
  • política económica
  • política social
  • recesión económica
  • sindicato
  • United States
  • USA
  • Etats-Unis
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  • bibliography.
  • comment.
  • bibliographie.
  • commentaire.
  • bibliografía.
  • comentario.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 243-283)
Contents
Origins of an American approach -- Business and the "new emphasis" -- Company plans: purpose and performance -- Organized labor: the AFL -- The needle trades: reform and relief -- Wisconsin and the commons school -- 1928-1932, transition years -- Legislation in the states -- The New Deal.
ISBN
  • 0299052001
  • 9780299052003
LCCN
69016114
OCLC
  • ocm00005506
  • 5506
  • SCSB-159548
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library