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100 1 _aAmerican Academy of Political and Social Science
245 1 0 _aSocial legislation and social activity
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-07-03
508 _aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Social Legislation and Social Activity" is a collection of addresses delivered at the Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia, published in the early 20th century. This compilation explores various social issues of its time, including transportation, labor relations, housing, and child labor, reflecting on the socio-economic challenges and legislative responses in a rapidly industrializing nation. The opening portion of the work introduces a thought-provoking address concerning the social effects of transportation delivered by Martin A. Knapp, Chairman of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Knapp discusses the evolution of transportation from its primitive roots to the advent of steam-powered systems, illustrating how these developments have significantly transformed social and economic structures. He emphasizes that transportation shapes commerce, population distribution, and social interactions, raising questions about the accompanying challenges and responsibilities that emerge with such progress. This sets a foundational context for the subsequent addresses that will tackle various critical issues related to industrial relations and social legislation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: McClure, Phillips & company, 1902
653 _aChild labor
653 _aChild labor -- United States
653 _aHousing -- United States
653 _aLabor -- United States
653 _aArbitration, Industrial
653 _aFactory laws and legislation -- United States
653 _aJuvenile courts
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924002655318
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71106
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