Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 Public responsibility
- 2 Theory and practice
- 3 Public responsibility and the law
- 4 The charities of the State
- 5 The boards of public health
- 6 The bureaus of labor statistics
- 7 The railroad commissions
- 8 Toward the future
- Appendix 1 State agencies: some representative samples
- Appendix 2 Checklist of reports issued by boards of state charities, boards of public health, bureaus of labor statistics, and railroad commissions, 1865–1900
- Essay on sources and historiography
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1 Public responsibility
- 2 Theory and practice
- 3 Public responsibility and the law
- 4 The charities of the State
- 5 The boards of public health
- 6 The bureaus of labor statistics
- 7 The railroad commissions
- 8 Toward the future
- Appendix 1 State agencies: some representative samples
- Appendix 2 Checklist of reports issued by boards of state charities, boards of public health, bureaus of labor statistics, and railroad commissions, 1865–1900
- Essay on sources and historiography
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Investigation and ResponsibilityPublic Responsibility in the United States, 1865–1900, pp. 273 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984