{"product_id":"a-prelude-to-the-welfare-state-the-origins-of-workers-compensation-paperback","title":"A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePrice V. Fishback\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShawn Everett Kantor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorkers' 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Prelude to the Welfare State\u003c\/i\u003e, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions by arguing that workers' compensation, rather than being an early progressive victory, succeeded because \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e relevant parties--labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators--benefited from the ruling. Rigorous and convincing, \u003ci\u003eA Prelude to the Welfare State \u003c\/i\u003eis a major reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Substantial, well-written, and compelling. . . . The end result is an in-depth analysis of how workers' compensation was created and initially implemented in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century\"--Christopher R. Larrison, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociology and Social Welfare \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrice V. Fishback\u003c\/b\u003e is the Frank and Clara Kramer ProfessorofEconomics at the University of Arizona and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Government and the American Economy: A New History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636218032435,"sku":"9780226249841","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dM-jf3hOJD9780226249841.webp?v=1762268036","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-prelude-to-the-welfare-state-the-origins-of-workers-compensation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}