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A Dividend to Labor: A Study of Employers’ Welfare Institutions
by Gilman, Nicholas Paine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, rear hinge cracked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, rear hinge cracked.. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. viii, 400pp, [2]pp publisher’s ads, index. Reviews philosophy of providing “an indirect dividend to labor” through various employee welfare institutions, analyzes their use in Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, and America, provides five company case studies, and contrasts such institutions with employer profit-sharing strategies. Gilman was a Unitarian minister, editor, author, and Professor of Sociology and Ethics at Meadville Theological School. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42897
- Title
- A Dividend to Labor: A Study of Employers’ Welfare Institutions
- Author
- Gilman, Nicholas Paine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, rear hinge cracked.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Employee Benefits, Labor History
- Bookseller catalogs
- The Business of Business;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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