Full Description
Originally published in 1918, this book contains a selection of 32 papers on social and economic questions by the British engineer and shipbuilder Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne (1839-1917). The papers are presented in chronological order, covering the period 1886 to 1917, and a wide variety of issues are discussed, ranging from industrial relations and workers' rights to the status of the House of Lords. An introductory biography of Browne is also included, together with a short bibliography at the end of the text. This is a highly informative book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Browne and British socio-economic history.
Contents
Preface; Introduction; 1. Presidential address to Northern Union of Mechanics Institutions (1886); 2. The unequal distribution of wealth, and its responsibilities (1890); 3. The House of Lords (1894); 4. Land compared with other property (1895); 5. Education from an employer's point of view (1896); 6. The engineering dispute (1898); 7. Presidential address to North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (1898); 8. Cost of working the Workmen's Compensation Act (1904); 9. Three articles on the Workmen's Compensation Act (1905); 10. Alms-giving (1906); 11. Four articles on labour problems (1906); 12. Commencing business (1907); 13. On the state of trade (1907); 14. The new army from an employer's point of view (1908); 15. On the state of political parties (1908); 16. Two letters on tariff reform and free trade (1908); 17. The North-East coast strikes and Sir Christopher Furness's scheme (1908); 18. Unemployment (1908); 19. Co-partnership and unemployment (1908); 20. Christian politics (1909); 21. Insurance against unemployment (1910); 22. Gambling in relation to business (1910); 23. Strikes (1910); 24. Industrial peace (1911); 25. The duties of employer and employed (1912); 26. The church and labour questions (1913); 27. The ownership of capital (1913); 28. Apprenticeship (1916); 29. Scientific training of young workmen (undated); 30. The unpopular employer (1916); 31. The return to work (1916); 32. Industrial conditions after the war (1917); Bibliography; Index.
