A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation

by Price V. Fishback, Shawn Everett Kantor, Price Van Meter Fishback

Book Overview

Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States--before social security, Medicare, or unemployment insurance--and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early progressive movement.

In A Prelude to the Welfare State, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions by arguing that workers' compensation, rather than being...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226249840
• ISBN13: 9780226249841
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"