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• catalog abstract ""From Dickensian exploitation of orphans to the after-school jobs of American students, child labor continues to generate controversy. Based on eight years of research, a new reference work now surveys this important subject from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the present, taking it beyond the usual Third World confines. Child Labor offers a wealth of valuable insights and information as it looks at traditional children's occupations, from chimney sweeps in Victorian Britain to kid actors in TV commercials; offers testimonies of famous as well as unknown child workers; analyzes the problems and psychological and social development of working children; presents overviews of child labor in specific countries and world regions; focuses on economic and technological issues affecting underage workers, such as globalization; surveys strategies to control and eliminate child labor; examines organizations concerned with child workers and associations of child workers themselves; spotlights individuals devoted to improving the welfare of working children; and analyzes how various governments, private organizations, and courts have dealt with child labor." "Consult this handy work when you need accurate and up-to-date information on such subjects as the effects of work on children's education, the economic forces driving the exploitation of minors, campaigns and legislation against child employment, how the nineteenth-century English Factory Act was often circumvented, and more. The alphabetical entries are also referenced by category, and there are many citations of contemporary books and studies on specific subjects."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11513310.
• catalog contributor b11513311.
• catalog contributor b11513312.
• catalog created "c1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "c1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
• catalog description ""From Dickensian exploitation of orphans to the after-school jobs of American students, child labor continues to generate controversy. Based on eight years of research, a new reference work now surveys this important subject from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the present, taking it beyond the usual Third World confines. Child Labor offers a wealth of valuable insights and information as it looks at traditional children's occupations, from chimney sweeps in Victorian Britain to kid actors in TV commercials; offers testimonies of famous as well as unknown child workers; analyzes the problems and psychological and social development of working children; presents overviews of child labor in specific countries and world regions; focuses on economic and technological issues affecting underage workers, such as globalization; surveys strategies to control and eliminate child labor; examines organizations concerned with child workers and associations of child workers themselves; spotlights individuals devoted to improving the welfare of working children; and analyzes how various governments, private organizations, and courts have dealt with child labor." "Consult this handy work when you need accurate and up-to-date information on such subjects as the effects of work on children's education, the economic forces driving the exploitation of minors, campaigns and legislation against child employment, how the nineteenth-century English Factory Act was often circumvented, and more. The alphabetical entries are also referenced by category, and there are many citations of contemporary books and studies on specific subjects."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Abbott, Grace -- Accidents -- Addams, Jane -- Adler, Felix -- Adolescence -- Advocacy -- Africa -- Agriculture -- Alcohol and Drugs -- Algeria -- America, Central -- America, Latin -- America, South -- American Academy of Political and Social Science -- American Federation of Labor -- Anthracite Coal Strike -- Anthropology -- Anti-Slavery International -- Apparel Industry Task Force -- Apprenticeship -- Argentina -- Asia -- Bal Mazdoor Union -- Bangladesh -- Belgium -- Beveridge, Albert J. -- Bhima Sangha -- Blincoe, Robert -- Bonded Labour Liberation Front -- Boy Slaves -- Boy Soldiers -- Brazil -- Bruce, Rev. Charles Lang -- Burkina Faso -- Burston School Strike -- Business Ethic -- Camel Jockeys -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Capitalism -- Career -- Caribbean -- Carpet Manufacture -- Causes of Child Labor -- Centuries of Childhood -- Child Markets -- Child Migrants Trust -- Child Slaves -- Child Workers in Nepal -- Children's Bureau -- Children's Rights -- Chile -- Chimney Sweeping -- China -- Cinema -- Coal Breakers -- Colombia -- Concerned for Working Children, The -- Confederacao Nacional de Accao sobre Trabalho Infantil -- Construction Industry -- Consumerism -- Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Costs and Benefits -- Cultural Traditions -- Defence for Children International -- Definition of Child Labor -- Defoe, Daniel -- Delinquency -- Delivery, Milk -- Delivery, Newspaper -- Denmark -- Dickens, Charles -- Dinwiddie, Courtenay -- Division of Labor -- Domestic Service -- Drawboys.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) and index.".
• catalog extent "xx, 292 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Child labor.".
• catalog identifier "0874369568 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Child labor.".
• catalog isPartOf "World history companion series".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "c1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO,".
• catalog relation "Child labor.".
• catalog subject "331.3/1 21".
• catalog subject "Child labor History.".
• catalog subject "HD6231 .H63 1999".
• catalog tableOfContents "Abbott, Grace -- Accidents -- Addams, Jane -- Adler, Felix -- Adolescence -- Advocacy -- Africa -- Agriculture -- Alcohol and Drugs -- Algeria -- America, Central -- America, Latin -- America, South -- American Academy of Political and Social Science -- American Federation of Labor -- Anthracite Coal Strike -- Anthropology -- Anti-Slavery International -- Apparel Industry Task Force -- Apprenticeship -- Argentina -- Asia -- Bal Mazdoor Union -- Bangladesh -- Belgium -- Beveridge, Albert J. -- Bhima Sangha -- Blincoe, Robert -- Bonded Labour Liberation Front -- Boy Slaves -- Boy Soldiers -- Brazil -- Bruce, Rev. Charles Lang -- Burkina Faso -- Burston School Strike -- Business Ethic -- Camel Jockeys -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Capitalism -- Career -- Caribbean -- Carpet Manufacture -- Causes of Child Labor -- Centuries of Childhood -- Child Markets -- Child Migrants Trust -- Child Slaves -- Child Workers in Nepal -- Children's Bureau -- Children's Rights -- Chile -- Chimney Sweeping -- China -- Cinema -- Coal Breakers -- Colombia -- Concerned for Working Children, The -- Confederacao Nacional de Accao sobre Trabalho Infantil -- Construction Industry -- Consumerism -- Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Costs and Benefits -- Cultural Traditions -- Defence for Children International -- Definition of Child Labor -- Defoe, Daniel -- Delinquency -- Delivery, Milk -- Delivery, Newspaper -- Denmark -- Dickens, Charles -- Dinwiddie, Courtenay -- Division of Labor -- Domestic Service -- Drawboys.".
• catalog title "Child labor : a world history companion / Sandy Hobbs, Jim McKechnie, and Michael Lavalette.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".