Occupational Diseases in Relation to Compensation and Health Insurance

Rosamond W. Goldberg, Ph.D.

Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1931

About this Item

Good hardcover. Original black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and Columbia University Press device stamped in gilt on front cover. Moderate rubbing, soiling, and shelf wear to boards with fraying and exposure at spine ends and corners. Binding remains sound and secure. Ex-library copy from the University of Louisville, with memorial bookplate, ownership stamps, call number markings, circulation pocket, and date-due slip present. Text pages are generally clean and unmarked. Moisture staining is present along the fore-edge of the text block, affecting page edges and margins but not materially impacting readability. No dust jacket.

Published as Number 345 in Columbia University's distinguished Studies in History, Economics and Public Law series, this scholarly work examines occupational disease, industrial injury, workers' compensation systems, and health insurance policy during a transformative period in American labor history. Goldberg explores the medical, legal, and economic dimensions of workplace illness and the evolving responsibilities of employers, insurers, and government institutions.

An important contribution to the history of occupational medicine and social welfare policy. The volume documents early efforts to recognize industrial disease, establish compensation frameworks, and develop health insurance protections for workers. Of interest to historians of labor, public health researchers, occupational medicine specialists, legal scholars, and collectors of early twentieth-century social policy literature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Occupational Diseases in Relation to Compensation and Health Insurance
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1931
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Public Health
  • Economic History