Book Reviews : Labor and Industrial Relations. By RICHARD A. LESTER. (New York: The Macmillan Company. 1951. Pp. x, 413. $4.25.) America's Needs and Resources. By J. FREDERICK DEWHURST and Associates. (New York: The Twentieth Century Fund. 1947. Pp. 812. $5.00.)
| Published date | 01 December 1951 |
| Author | Reed L. Frischknecht |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591295100400436 |
| Date | 01 December 1951 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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a
unit
small
enough
so
that
causes
and
effects
may
be
presented
with
clarity,
and
yet
large
enough
so
that
any
contribution
to
United
States
policies
concerning
Korea
may
be
ascertainable.&dquo;
Whether
this
limitation
of
area
is
valid
for
a
study
of
all
Korea
is
open
to
serious
doubts.
Programs
designed
for
a
province
or
a
group
of
provinces
may
have
little
significance
in
the
rest
of
the
country.
A
case
in
point
would
be
comparing
the
problems
of
Cholla
Nam
Do
with
those
of
Kangwon
Do
where
conditions
vary
greatly.
Kangwon
Do,
with
its
moun-
tains,
is
split
by
the
38°
parallel.
Its
industries,
mining,
and
small
agri-
culture
present
a
very
different
picture
and
a
very
different
set
of
problems.
Dr.
Meade’s
book
fails
to
recognize
these
problems
and
their
effect
on
USAMGIK.
However,
the
book
is
a
good
portrayal
of
one
province
and
the
attempts
of
military
government
officials
to
implement
the
directives
from
Seoul
during
the
first
year
of
American
occupation
of
South
Korea.
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University
of
Utah.
ELLSWORTH
E.
WEAVER.
Labor
and
Industrial
Relations.
By
RICHARD
A.
LESTER.
(New
York:
The
Macmillan
Company.
1951.
Pp.
x,
413.
$4.25.)
America’s
Needs
and
Resources.
By J.
FREDERICK
DEWHURST
and
As-
sociates.
(New
York:
The
Twentieth
Century
Fund.
1947.
Pp.
812.
$5.00.)
The
author
is
to
be
complimented
for
his
insistence
upon
a
broad
conceptional
approach
to
this
area
of
study.
He
states:
&dquo;Labor-manage-
ment
relations
are
complex.
They
have
racial,
political
and
psychological
as
well
as
economic
aspects.
What
workers
or
management
believe
or
fear
may
be
more
pertinent
to
the
solution
of
a
labor
problem
than
statistical
facts
or
logical
economic
reasoning.
The
various
social
sciences-eco-
nomics,
psychology,
sociology,
and
political
science-are
all
needed
for
a
full
understanding
of
human
relations
in
American
industry.&dquo;
Although
the
analysis
is
general,
the
author
is
not
unaware
of
the
limits
of
present
knowledge
with
respect
to
labor-industrial
relations.
The
author’s
inductive
method
provides
an
intellectual
stimulus
and
new
approach,
generally
found
lacking
in
most
literature
dealing
with
this
controversial
field
today.
Professor
Lester
has
performed
an
admirable
task
in
coming
to
grips
with
pressing
problems
in
the
field
of
labor-
industrial
relations.
This
book,
in
the
reviewer’s
opinion,
will
find
a
ready
reception
in
the
&dquo;market&dquo;
as
did
his
very
excellent
book,
Economics
of
Labor,
ten
years
ago.
The
second
book
is
rich
in
comparative
statistical
data.
Dr.
Dewhurst
and
his
associates
have
taken
&dquo;good
measure&dquo;
of
the
economy
in
all
of
its
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