Facing the future's risks ; studies toward predicting the unforeseen / Edited by Lyman Bryson, with the collaboration of Ralph H. Blanchard [and others] With comments on insurance by Lawrence A. Fitzgerald.

Author/creator Bryson, Lyman
Format Book
Edition[1st ed.].
Publication InfoNew York : Harper, [1953]
Descriptionviii, 318 pages : diagrams ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents The conference on risks of the future, by L. Bryson.--American society, 1752-1952: comparison and contrast, by L. B. Wright.--Probability and statistics, by W. Weaver.--Physical science and the future, by L. N. Ridenour.--Psychology: yesterday, today, and tomorrow, by W. Dennis.--From spirits to mechanism: two centuries of biology, by R. W. Gerard.--Population trends in the United States, by F. W. Notestein.--American women and American values, by F. R. Kluckhohn.--Crime in America, two hundred years ago and today, by A. H. MacCormick.--Two centuries of political change, by R. M. MacIver.--Foundations of America's economic greatness, by D. M. Keezer.--Risk and insurance, by R. H. Blanchard.--Mutual insurance and the risks of the future, by L. A. Fitzgerald.
General note"Report of a conference marking the 200th anniversary of the successful establishment of mutual insurance in America, New York City, 1952."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographies.
LCCN 52009548

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Joyner General Stacks HN57 .B7 1953 ✔ Available Place Hold