Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare. The London Quaker Lead Co, 1692-1905. The social policy and work ... mainly in Alston Moor and the Pennines
Details:
- Author(s) Raistrick, Arthur
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1988
- Pages 3rd ed; 172pp; illus
- Publisher Kelsall & Davies
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Worker / employee housing & communities
- Name Faith & ethnicity
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
First published 1938. Revised edition when further chapter added. Deals largely with welfare provision by the company at its extraction sites but also covers transport - roads, canals, railways; general history of the business; and technical developments such as in smelting, mine drainage, ore dressing, ventilation. The welfare section covers: housing, building of Nent Head Village; Workmen's Benefit Fund, medical services, annuities; education of children, libraries and lectures, recreation, etc