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Author:   Desmond Christopher St.Martin Platt
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 1989
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.291kg
ISBN:  

9781349103454

ISBN 10:   1349103454
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 January 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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"Part 1 Charity, health and housing: evangelical social work in Canada - Salvationists and Sailors' Friends, 1890-1920, Judith Fingard; the child welfare movement in Montreal to 1920, Terry Copp; the health of Buenos Aires in the second half of the nineteenth century, Carlos Andres Escude; the mandarin, the shelter industry and the wish to possess - the denial of social experiment in Canadian housing policy before World War II, John Weaver; housing in Buenos Aires, 1887-1914, Francis Korn and Lidia de la Torre. Part 2 Labour: labour, capital and the ""public interest"" - the Australian experiment of compulsory arbitration, Diane Kirkby; the Canadian state's attempt to manage class conflict, 1900-1948 - from the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act to the post-war Accord, Gregory S.Kealey. Part 3 Comparisons: Argentina and Canada, 1880-1930 - problems and solutions in immigrant communities, H.S.Ferns; social welfare and the slump - Argentina in the 1930s, Peter Alhadeff; social experiments in regions of recent settlement - Australia, Argentina and Canada, John Fogarty."

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