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The Topeka Improvement Survey

Authors
Franz Schneider, Jr.
Zenas L. Potter
D. O. Decker
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Publication Date
276 pages

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A survey of health conditions in Topeka, Kansas in 1914, in four parts:

   A Public Health Survey of Topeka by Franz Schenider, Jr.

  Delinquency and Corrections by Zenas L. Potter

  Municipal Administration in Topeka by D.O. Decker

  Industrial Conditions in Topeka by Zenas L. Potter

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The Unused Recreational Resources of the Average Community

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
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Publication Date
16 pages

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Address given before the Society for the Promotion of Social Service in the Young Men's Christian Association, New Haven, 1911.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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Self-Government on a County Prison Farm

Author
V. Everit Macy
Ebook
Publication Date
13 pages

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Presented at the fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1921, this paper presents the structure of the Westchester County Penitentiary, whose prisoners are employed on the farm the penitentiary rests on. It argues that, instead of being a liability to the county, the prison is an asset, and that, instead of being a place of punishment, it is a training school that returns its wards to society as better men because of their experiences on the farm. Key to this system is that the prisoners are self-governing through a method of classification and rewards that is outlined in detail in this paper.

V. EVERIT MACY was commissioner of public welfare, Westchester County, N.Y.

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Governmental Organization Within the City of New York

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Robert H. Connery
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46 pages

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This pamphlet and its accompanying charts are intended to provide a brief description of governmental organizations of the city of New York. Some mention also is made of county, state, and the federal agencies as well as of public authorities which operate within the boundaries of the city.

ROBERT H. CONNERY was professor emeritus of public law and government at Columbia University and deputy city administrator of New York.

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Workingmen's Insurance in Europe

Authors
Lee K. Frankel
Miles M. Dawson
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Publication Date
502 pages

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The Russell Sage Foundation early in 1908 carried out a study on insurance in Europe. This volume presents the results of the study conducted by Frankel and Dawson, covering about six months, it gives full detail on the various kinds of European insurance, their methods of operation, their finances and their relations with governments.

LEE K. FRANKEL was vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

MILES M. DAWSON was fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Actuarial Society of America.

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Work-Accidents and the Law

Author
Crystal Eastman
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Publication Date
458 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, six volumes edited by Paul Underwood Kellogg.

CRYSTAL EASTMAN was secretary at the New York State Employers Liability commission.

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City and County Administration in Springfield, Illinois

Authors
D. O. Decker
Shelby M. Harrison
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167 pages

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Published in 1917 by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation, City and County Administration in Springfield presents data on the main administrative functions of the local governments of Springfield, Illinois, from 1914 and examines possible improvements towards the efficiency and effectiveness of the administration. This report is part of the Springfield Survey series.

D. O. DECKER was a member of the Springfield Survey Committee.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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What Social Workers Should Know About Their Own Communities

An Outline
Author
Margaret F. Byington
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Publication Date
44 pages

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This 1911 pamphlet is an outline to aid those enlisted in social work as a profession, a cursory review of local conditions that look at the new topics that have informed social work in the 20th century, such as industry, child labor, city administration, and community organization.

MARGARET F. BYINGTON was associate director of the charity organization department of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Handbook of Settlements

Editors
Robert A. Woods
Albert J. Kennedy
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Publication Date
351 pages

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Published in 1911 and designed to continue a service rendered by the Bibliography of Settlements until 1905, this handbook presents an outline of the material facts about every settlement in the United States at the time, including non-residential neighborhood centers. In addition to previous research and literature, information is presented from first-hand accounts at these houses from leading representatives on the development and program of settlements.

ROBERT A. WOODS, New York Charities Publication Committee

ALBERT J. KENNEDY, New York Charities Publication Committee

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Racial and ethnic groups have not been immune to the rise in economic inequality—intra-group economic inequality has grown as well. But what do these increased inequalities mean for different racial and ethnic groups? In academic and media discourse, racial and ethnic groups are often portrayed as relatively homogenous in terms of their political and social views. There are some grounds for believing this to be true.