Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. 1857. Inaugural Addresses and Select Papers.

Published by John W. Parker and Son, London, 1858

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Ex-library, Provincial Council Library, Wellington. 19th century library label on front endpaper. Rubber stamp "Withdrawn from Parliamentary Library". ; Rubber stamp on title page "Presented By The Publisher". The first annual volume of a series. xxxii, 608 pages + 8 pages advertisments. Blind-stamped brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 221 x 141mm. "In the autumn of 1856 it was suggested to Lord Brougham that he should take the lead in founding an association for affording to those engaged in all the various efforts now happily begun for the improvement of the people an opportunity of considering social economics as a whole." - from the Introduction, page xxi. Various contributors. Papers are grouped in five sections: Jurisprudence and Amendment of the Law; Education; Punishment and Reformation; Public Health; Social Economy. Contents includes: Irish Convict Prisons; The Punishment of Death; The Restoration of the Criminal to Society; Reformatories for Convicted Girls; The Rapid Increase of Town Populations; Hygiene as a Branch of Military Education; The Disinfection of Sewers; The Adulteration of Food and Drugs; The Evidence of the Prolongation of Life during the Eighteenth Century; The Early Closing Movement; Strikes; Workhouses; Free Public Libraries and Museums; Intemperance; Prostitution. Seller Inventory # 25407

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Title: Transactions of the National Association for...

Publisher: John W. Parker and Son, London

Publication Date: 1858

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.