This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...--a month of it would drive him crazy or send him to a sanitarium. Much has been truthfully said of the deadly monotony of factory work, of shop work, and of office hours, but at least this work comes to an end at a definite hour each day and at a definite time on Saturday afternoon of each week. It results, usually, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...--a month of it would drive him crazy or send him to a sanitarium. Much has been truthfully said of the deadly monotony of factory work, of shop work, and of office hours, but at least this work comes to an end at a definite hour each day and at a definite time on Saturday afternoon of each week. It results, usually, in a visible and definite output of manufactured product, or business of some sort accomplished, and the wages, however scanty and hard-earned, are placed in the hand in a solid palpable lump at the end of each week or month, which at least gives the recipient the pleasing illusion that she can spend them as she wishes. So far, then, as the hours and the general mental tension are concerned, there appears no good reason to anticipate that industrial occupations will prove any more dangerous to the health of women than those to which they have been accustomed from time immemorial. If anything, the probabilities would appear to be that they would be rather less so. The next vital question is whether the conditions under which the work is done are more favorable in the home than in the factory or shop. This may be considered roughly under three heads: the actual muscular and bodily strain involved, and the possibility of cramping or unfavorable posture; the amount and character of the food upon which the work is done; and the surroundings under which it is done as regards ventilation, light, purity of air, and so forth. Heterodox as it may sound, my observations have distinctly inclined me to the conclusion that all these conditions are, on the whole, more favorable in the office, shop, and factory than they are in the house or home in which this class of industrial workers has been, or would be, compelled to live and work. I am aware that it will...
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Near Fine in Very Good (in mylar) jacket. Hard Cover. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Very clean and tight; some faint vertical pencil lines in the text (marginalia); slight wear and soiling, with small tears on the edges of the dust jacket at corners; red cloth binding; a common sense look at health and modern life in 1914, to consider even in this day and age; 355p. including index.
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