WILLIS J. NORDLUND is Dean, School of Business at the College of West Virginia./e He is former Regional Director of the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs and was the Executive and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Labor from 1976 to 1980. Dr. Nordlund has worked in areas dealing with wages for many years.

• PrefaceList of Tables, Figures and IllustrationsState Minimum Wage Legislation and Early Economic ConditionsMinimum Wage Programs Take ShapeEnactment of the Fair Labor Standards ActThe First Decade: The Fair Labor Standards Act Comes of AgeThe Second Decade: The Emphasis on EducationThe Third Decade: The Decade of AssessmentThe Fourth Decade: The Decade of EmpiricismThe Last Decade: StalemateConclusionEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex

WILLIS J. NORDLUND is Dean, School of Business at the College of West Virginia./e He is former Regional Director of the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs and was the Executive and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Labor from 1976 to 1980. Dr. Nordlund has worked in areas dealing with wages for many years.

• PrefaceList of Tables, Figures and IllustrationsState Minimum Wage Legislation and Early Economic ConditionsMinimum Wage Programs Take ShapeEnactment of the Fair Labor Standards ActThe First Decade: The Fair Labor Standards Act Comes of AgeThe Second Decade: The Emphasis on EducationThe Third Decade: The Decade of AssessmentThe Fourth Decade: The Decade of EmpiricismThe Last Decade: StalemateConclusionEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex

WILLIS J. NORDLUND is Dean, School of Business at the College of West Virginia./e He is former Regional Director of the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs and was the Executive and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Labor from 1976 to 1980. Dr. Nordlund has worked in areas dealing with wages for many years.

• PrefaceList of Tables, Figures and IllustrationsState Minimum Wage Legislation and Early Economic ConditionsMinimum Wage Programs Take ShapeEnactment of the Fair Labor Standards ActThe First Decade: The Fair Labor Standards Act Comes of AgeThe Second Decade: The Emphasis on EducationThe Third Decade: The Decade of AssessmentThe Fourth Decade: The Decade of EmpiricismThe Last Decade: StalemateConclusionEpilogueAppendixBibliographyIndex