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From: Hyungsub Choi <hyungsub.choi@GMAIL.COM>
List Editor: Hyungsub Choi <hyungsub.choi@GMAIL.COM>
Editor's Subject: RESPONSE: Private Social Provisions in the US - 1900-1930
Author's Subject: RESPONSE: Private Social Provisions in the US - 1900-1930
Date Written: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:55:35 +0900
Date Posted: Sat, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:35 -0500

[Submitted to the list by Philip Scranton <scranton@camden.rutgers.edu>.
--ed.]

Since it's not mentioned in the post, I'd suggest starting with Andrea
Tone's first book, The Business of Benevolence, which did just about
exactly this - corporate welfare programs in large firms, ca. 1900 to
1930. It's on Amazon used for abotu $3.  Phil Scranton, Rutgers

Philip Scranton
Board of Governors Professor, History of Industry and Technology
Rutgers-Camden;
Editor-in-Chief, Enterprise and Society

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