Child Labor - A World History Companion

Consult this handy reference work when you need accurate, up to date information on subjects ranging from the effects of work on children''s education to the use of child labor in Eastern Europe. From Dickensian exploitation of orphans to the after-school jobs of American students, child labor continues to generate controversy. Surveying working children from the Industrial Revolution to the present day, Child Labor takes the subject beyond the usual third world confines as it looks at traditional children''s occupations, from chimney sweeps in Victorian Britain to child actors in TV commercials.>

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Sandy Hobbs, Jim McKechnie, Michael Lavalette

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• Authors: Sandy Hobbs, Hobbs Sandy, Michael Lavalette, Lavalette Michael, Jim McKechnie, McKechnie Jim
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1999
• EAN: 9780874369564
• ISBN: 978-0-87436-956-4
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: World History Companions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Child welfare, Sociology: work & labour, Child welfare and youth services, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Business: History