Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science

George Woodyatt Hastings, Sir Edwin Pears, Charles Wager Ryalls

ISBN 10: 0461785013 / ISBN 13: 9780461785012

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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• Title: Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461785013
• ISBN 13: 9780461785012
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 962 grams

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Transactions Of The National Association For The Promotion Of Social Science by Edwin Pears; Charles Wager Ryalls; George Woodyatt Hastings. This volume presents a proceedings-style record of the York Meeting (Sept. 1864) of a prominent Victorian reform society. It surveys a broad reform agenda across four departments: Education, Health, Jurisprudence, and Economy and Trade, combining empirical data, policy proposals, and long-form discussions. Education coverage addresses middle-class schooling, grammar schools and endowments, national versus denominational provision, teacher training and certification, and girls’ education, alongside debates on local administration and funding. Health topics emphasize sewerage, housing, infant mortality, occupational disease, and military health, highlighting a preference for local, practical governance and preventive measures. Jurisprudence sections examine property law reforms, mental competence standards, and capital punishment, with calls for codified principles and institutional oversight. Economic papers discuss cooperative movements, poor relief reform, taxation shifts, patents, agriculture, housing, and savings institutions. Across topics, the proceedings reveal a consistent drive to modernize infrastructure, public policy, and social institutions while balancing centralized leadership with local administration.