A prelude to the welfare state the origins of workers' compensation - Fishback, Price Van Meter; Kantor, Shawn Everett; ProQuest (Firm) (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: 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