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W. LLOYD WARNER AND JAMES C. ABEGGLEN. Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry, 1928-1952. Pp. xxi, 315. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1955.

the right proportions of energy resources, climate, population, geography, and scientific ideology; but in many areas there will be resistance of long-established customs and ideologies to the changes required by high-energy technology. What seems probable in the short run is the emergence of three geographically welldefined systems employing high-energy technology. North America will be the base for one; England and Germany for another ; and Russia for the third. Incidentally, the author makes a number of interesting comments, at scattered points throughout the book, about the Russian experiment. What will be the course of civilization

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Comments on the evaluation of educational policy in terms of the appraisal of employment trends and job opportunities in labor market research. Consideration of the vocational rewards of training; Interpretation of the labor requirements of the economy; Facilitation of the adaptation of workers. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

New Directions for Labor Market Research

Characteristics of the occupation, 460. — The three markets studied, 464. — Occupational characteristics of weavers, 465. — The pattern of weaving experience, 472. — Job changes made by weavers, 1926–35, 476. — Shifts between textile industries, 483. — Work of weavers during the World War period, 483. — Geographic movement, 484. — Conclusions, 485.