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Methods of social reform : and other papers
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Details
- Creator
- by W. Stanley Jevons
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- London : Macmillan and Co., 1883
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (viii, 383 pages)
- "A collection of essays published under the above title of Methods of Social Reform in the Contemporary review, and of other papers and addresses on kindred subjects"--page [v].
- 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