02187nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10453066 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 990714s2000 ilu sb 001 0 eng d 99038648 0226251632 (alk. paper) 9780226249841 9780226251646 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)189536705 n-us--- HD7103.65.U6 F535 2000eb 368.4/1/00973 21 Fishback, Price Van Meter. A prelude to the welfare state [electronic resource] : the origins of workers' compensation / Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2000. xiii, 316 p. NBER series on long-term factors in economic development Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and index. 1. Framing the issues -- 2. Compensation for accidents before Workers' Compensation -- 3. The economic impact of the switch to Workers' Compensation -- 4. The timing of Workers' Compensation's enactment in the United States -- 5. The political process of adopting Workers' Compensation -- 6. The fractious disputes over state insurance -- 7. The battles over benefit levels, 1910-1930 -- 8. Epilogue : lessons from the origins of Workers' Compensation. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Workers' compensation United States. Workers' compensation Law and legislation United States. Workers' compensation Law and legislation United States States. Employers' liability insurance United States. Electronic books. local Kantor, Shawn Everett. ebrary, Inc. NBER series on long-term factors in economic development. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10453066 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 125191 125191