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The Chattel Loan Business

Author
Arthur H. Ham
Ebook
Publication Date
65 pages

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A report prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Social Research, of the New York School of Philanthropy. Published by the Russell Sage Charities Committee in 1909.

ARTHUR H. HAM was director of the remedial loans division of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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American Marriage Laws

In Their Social Aspects
Authors
Fred S. Hall
Elisabeth W. Brooke
Ebook
Publication Date
137 pages

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A summary of marriage laws in 1919, and of certain proposals made for their reform, part of a larger study into the ways in which these laws were administered.

FRED S. HALL was associate director of the Charity Organization Department at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Fatigue and Efficiency

A Study in Industry
Author
Josephine Goldmark
Ebook
Publication Date
352 pages

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Published in 1912, this book is an exploration of the relationship between fatigue and rest with industrialism and how this relationship can be applied to the rational industrial procedure for a more humane industry. It is a powerful plea for the alleviation of workers on rational, scientific grounds for the promotion of human efficiency.

JOSEPHINE GOLDMARK was publication secretary of the National Consumers' League.

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Sterilization and Segregation

Author
Henry H. Goddard
Ebook
Publication Date
12 pages

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This 1912 paper analyzes the various issues behind a proposal aimed at preventing the increase of criminals, the sterilization of the mentally deficient. It looks into the legal problems surrounding such a proposal, as well as an alternative segregation plan, to document the proposal’s ineffectiveness.

HENRY H. GODDARD was professor at the Department of Research at the Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, Vineland, N.J.

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Technology and Livelihood

An Inquiry into the Changing Technological Basis for Production as Affecting Employment and Living Standards
Authors
Mary L. Fledderus
Mary van Kleeck
Ebook
Publication Date
236 pages

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Documented with materials quoted from scientific, governmental reports and arranged to describe new technological developments and their effects on productivity and labor requirements.

MARY L. FLEDDERUS was research associate of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

MARY VAN KLEECK was director of the Department of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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A Study of Results of Institutional Care

Author
William J. Doherty
Ebook
Publication Date
17 pages

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A paper read before the children's section of the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Baltimore in May of 1915. Published by the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

WILLIAM J. DOHERTY was second deputy commissioner in the department of public charities of New York City.

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The Function of College Athletics

Author
James Roscoe Day
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Publication Date
12 pages

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Reprinted from the proceedings of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, 1909. A report published by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation.

JAMES ROSCOE DAY was chancellor of Syracuse University.

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Governmental Organization Within the City of New York

Author
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
Ebook
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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Co-Operation in New England

Urban and Rural
Author
James Ford
Ebook
Publication Date
268 pages

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A investigation into the scope of industrial co-operation in New England, begun in 1907. Industrial co-operation in this study was "limited to the associations for the production and distribution of the immediate necessities of life."

JAMES FORD was instructor in social ethics at Harvard University.

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