Methods of social reform :
and other papers /
by W. Stanley Jevons.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Macmillan and co.,
1883.
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| 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. Physical description: viii, 383 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo) more |
Table of 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.
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.