Philadelphia Workers in a Changing Economy /

Philadelphia Workers in a Changing Economy / / Gladys L. Palmer.

This is the story of what has happened to the ways in which Philadelphians make a living. It describes the impact of the two world wars, the depression, and postwar prosperity on the structure and functioning of the labor market.Philadelphia Workers in a Changing Economy places the findings of a uni...

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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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Palmer, Gladys L.,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1956
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
Series:RESEARCH STUDIES
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • CHARTS
  • APPENDIX TABLES
  • Chapter I. INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter II. THE EMERGENCE OF PHILADELPHIA AS A MANUFACTURING CENTER
  • Chapter III. CHANGES IN THE DEMAND FOR LABOR IN RECENT DECADES
  • Chapter IV. LABOR-FORCE CHANGES IN RECENT DECADES
  • Chapter V. THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE AND PROLONGED DEPRESSION ON THE LABOR MARKET
  • Chapter VI. THE EFFECTS OF WAR PROSPERITY ON THE LABOR MARKET
  • Chapter VII. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY IN CITIES
  • APPENDIX TABLES
  • Technical Appendix
  • Bibliographical Appendix
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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