Ten Thousand Out of Work / / Webster Powell, Ewan Clague.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:RESEARCH STUDIES
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 7 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD
  • CONTENTS
  • CHARTS
  • TABLES
  • APPENDIX TABLES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: A STUDY OF 8722 INDIVIDUALS PLACED AT MADE-WORK
  • I. THE WORKER AND HIS REGULAR JOB
  • II. UNEMPLOYMENT-WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDUSTRY?
  • III. PREVENTION OF DESTITUTION-A RESPONSIBILITY THRUST UPON THE FAMILY
  • IV. CONCLUSIONS
  • PART II : A STUDY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN THE FAMILIES OF 1439 APPLICANTS FOR MADE-WORK
  • FAMILY ECONOMICS IN PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION
  • APPENDICES
  • A. THE MADE-WORK PROGRAM IN PHILADELPHIA
  • В. COMPARISON OF SAMPLES
  • С. RELIABILITY OF DATA
  • D. THE FAMILY
  • Ε. MIGRATION PERIODS OF PHILADELPHIA NEGROES
  • F. SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES
  • INDEX