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The Standard of Living Among Workingmen's Families in New York City
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403 pages
About This Book
Published in 1909, this report is a result of a New York State Conference of Charities and Correction–appointed study on the essentials and cost of a normal standard of living in the cities and towns of the state, followed by a detailed analysis of the compiled data of workingmen's budgets.
ROBERT COIT CHAPIN was Horace White Professor of economics and finance in Beloit College, Wisconsin.