Injury impoverished : workplace accidents, capitalism, and law in the Progressive Era

Injury impoverished : workplace accidents, capitalism, and law in the Progressive Era / Nate Holdren, Drake University.

"The late nineteenth and early twentieth century U.S. economy maimed and killed employees at an astronomically high rate, while the legal system left the injured and their loved ones with little recourse. In the 1910s, U.S. states enacted workers' compensation laws, which required employer...

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Main Author: Holdren, Nate, 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Subjects:
Workers' compensation > Law and legislation > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Industrial accidents > Law and legislation > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
History.
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Call Number: KF3615 .H55 2020
Status: Available

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