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Methods of social reform, and other papers / by W. Stanley Jevons.
LIBRA 304 J53
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jevons, William Stanley, 1835-1882.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social problems.
- Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Great Britain.
- Social conditions.
- Great Britain--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 383 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Macmillan and co., 1883.
- Contents:
- Amusements of the people.- The rationale of free public libraries.- The use and abuse of museums.- "Cram."- Trade societies: their objects and policy.- On industrial partnerships.- Married women in factories.- Manchester statistical society; inaugural address.- British association, opening address as president of Section F.- Cruelty to animals; a study in sociology.- On the United Kingdom alliance and its prospects of success.- Experimental legislation and the drink traffic.- On the analogy between the post office, telegraphs, and other systems of conveyance of the United Kingdom, as regards government control.- The post office and blank cheques.- A state parcel post.- The railways and the state.
- Notes:
- A collection of essays published under the above title in the Contemporary review, and of other papers and addresses on kindred subjects. cf. Pref.
- OCLC:
- 927902
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