Progressive Century: The American Nation in Its Second Hundred YearsD. C. Heath, 1975 - 558 pages |
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Page 254
... cent , while the gain in product per man- hour was 32 per cent . Hourly earnings in railroad transportation increased 8 per cent as compared with a 15 per cent gain in productivity . The average hourly earnings of coal miners fell 14 per ...
... cent , while the gain in product per man- hour was 32 per cent . Hourly earnings in railroad transportation increased 8 per cent as compared with a 15 per cent gain in productivity . The average hourly earnings of coal miners fell 14 per ...
Page 336
... cent thought Germany would win ; 11 per cent were undecided . By the end of July 1940 , the respondents who still be- lieved that England would emerge victorious had dropped to 43 per cent of the total , those who expected a Nazi ...
... cent thought Germany would win ; 11 per cent were undecided . By the end of July 1940 , the respondents who still be- lieved that England would emerge victorious had dropped to 43 per cent of the total , those who expected a Nazi ...
Page 503
... cent , and it continued to rise in the postwar period . By 1973 the labor force participa- tion rate for married women stood at 44 per cent . World War II and the continuation of prosperity beyond the war appeared to have permanently ...
... cent , and it continued to rise in the postwar period . By 1973 the labor force participa- tion rate for married women stood at 44 per cent . World War II and the continuation of prosperity beyond the war appeared to have permanently ...
Contents
Times and Tensions of a Developing Industrial Society | 3 |
MAPS | 21 |
American Society at the End of an Era | 34 |
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