Author: George Neil Emery Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 9780773518247 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 220
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In the past a family's chief cost of sickness was loss of the family head's earning, not expenses for health care. Since there were no government programs, sickness insurance provided by friendly societies, commercial insurers, and other institutions was important in partially replacing the wage earner's lost income. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) was the largest social society in Canada and the United States and also the largest provider of sickness insurance.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 244
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Universities and colleges Languages : en Pages : 910
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Considers H.R. 53 and related bills, to amend the Veterans Readjustment Assistants Act to provide education, vocational rehabilitation and loan guarantee benefits to veterans serving in times of peace. Includes HEW Bulletin No. 17 "Financial Aid for College Students: Graduate," 1957 (p. 1267-1421), and HEW Bulletin No. 18 "Financial Aid for College Students: Undergraduate," 1957 (p. 1423-1658).
Author: Jason Kaufman Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195148589 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 308
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"The Golden Age of Fraternity was a unique time in American history. In the forty years between the Civil War and the onset of World War I, more than half of all Americans participated in clubs, fraternities, militias, and mutual benefit societies. Today this period is held up as a model for how we might revitalize contemporary civil society. But was America's associational culture really as communal as has been assumed? What if these much-admired voluntary organizations served parochial concerns rather than the common good? Jason Kaufman sets out to dispel many of the myths about the supposed civic-mindedness of "joining" while bringing to light the hidden lessons of associationalism's history. Relying on deep archival research in city directories, club histories, and membership lists, Kaufman shows that organizational activity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolved largely around economic self-interest rather than civic engagement. And far from spurring concern for the collective good, fraternal societies, able to pick and choose members at will, fostered exclusion and further exacerbated the competitive interests of a society divided by race, class, ethnicity, and religion. Tracing both the rise and the decline of American associational life - a decline that began immediately after World War I, much earlier than previously thought - Kaufman argues persuasively that the end of fraternalism was a good thing. Illuminating both broad historical shifts - immigration, urbanization, and the disruptions of war, among them - and smaller, overlooked contours, such as changes in the burial and life insurance industries, Kaufman has written a bracing revisionist history. Eloquently rebutting those hailing America's associational past and calling for a return to old-style voluntarism, For the Common Good? will change the terms of debate about the history - and the future - of American civil society."--Publisher's description.
Author: Markus Bierkoch Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3111423182 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 390
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Migration has been one of the most pressing societal issues throughout history. Immigrant associations play a crucial role in understanding this phenomenon. They channel migration streams, influence the assimilation of their members, and serve as representatives of the entire immigrant group in society. However, they remain an understudied subject, particularly in historical research. To address this gap, this study examines German immigrant associations in New York from the 1890s to the 1930s. Through an innovative combination of statistical and textual analyses, it explores the class composition of these associations, their intricate system of mutual aid, and their political activities. This study offers insights into how specific socio-economic motivations influenced immigrant organization and collective action, including aspects such as long-distance nationalism and cross-border ethnic identity. Ultimately, based on these findings, this study demonstrates that immigrant associations played a crucial role in helping their members adapt to a new social and economic environment. Additionally, it shows why and how immigrant associations significantly shaped the image of German immigrants in American social and political life.
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Author: Jason Kaufman
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Author: Markus Bierkoch