A young man's benefit :: the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and sickness insurance in the United States and Canada, 1860-1929 /

"Using cliometric methods and records from six grand-lodge archives, A Young Man's Benefit rejects the conventional wisdom about friendly societies and sickness insurance, arguing that 100F lodges were financially sound institutions, were more efficient than commercial insurers, and met a...

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1. Verfasser: Emery, George Neil, 1941-
Weitere Verfasser: Emery, John Charles Herbert, 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal, Quâe. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1999.
Schriftenreihe:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 7.
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Zusammenfassung:"Using cliometric methods and records from six grand-lodge archives, A Young Man's Benefit rejects the conventional wisdom about friendly societies and sickness insurance, arguing that 100F lodges were financially sound institutions, were more efficient than commercial insurers, and met a market demand headed by young men who lacked alternatives to market insurance, not older men who had above average risk of sickness disability." "George Emery and Herbert Emery show that many young men joined the Odd Fellows for sickness insurance and quit the society once self-insurance - savings - or family insurance secondary incomes from older children - became feasible for them. The older men who valued the social benefits of membership and did not need the sick benefit gradually became a majority and dismantled the IOOF's insurance provisions."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-180) and index.
ISBN:9780773567658
0773567658

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