Child Labor : an American History.

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Despite its decline throughout the advanced industrial nations, child labor remains one of the major social, political, and economic concerns of modern times. This book considers the issue in three parts. The first section discusses child labor as a social and economic problem in America from an his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hindman, Hugh D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Armonk : Taylor and Francis, 2002.
Temas:
Child labor > United States > History.
Child labor.
Enfants > Travail > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants > Travail.
Child labor
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I. The Child Labor Problem; 1. Introduction: Child Labor as a Social and Economic Problem; 2. Industrialization of Child Labor; 3. Child Labor Reform: The Change After the Change; Part II. Child Labor in America; 4. Children in the Coal Mines; 5. Light Manufacturing: Children in the Glasshouses; 6. Cotton Textiles: Herod of Industries; 7. Tenement Homework: Birthplace of the Sweatshop; 8. The Street Trades; 9. Agriculture and Food Processing; Part III. Child Labor's Legacy.
  • 10. America and Child Labor Today11. Global Child Labor: Past as Prologue; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Index.

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