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Child workers and industrial health in Britain, 1780-1850 /
"Historians have long recognised the importance of child health during the Industrial Revolution, but few have explored the health of working children in any analytical detail. In this comprehensive study, Peter Kirby places the occupational health of employed children within a broad context of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | People, markets, goods ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Historians have long recognised the importance of child health during the Industrial Revolution, but few have explored the health of working children in any analytical detail. In this comprehensive study, Peter Kirby places the occupational health of employed children within a broad context of social, industrial and environmental change during the period 1780 to 1850. The book explores the deformities, fevers, respiratory complaints, industrial injuries and physical ill-treatment which have long been associated with child labour in the factory workplace. The result is a more nuanced picture of child health and child labour during the classic 'factory age' which raises important questions about the enduring stereotype of the health-impaired and abused industrial child."--Publisher's description |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-202) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782044017 1782044019 |