| Children's Work and Welfare 1780-1890 Contributor(s): Horn, Pamela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521557690 ISBN-13: 9780521557696 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $29.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1995 Annotation: This short book for students examines both the scale and the nature of child employment and the changing attitude of society towards it at a time when Britain was becoming the 'workshop of the world'. The author consider the lot of children engaged in farming, mining, factory production and domestic industries, along with those many other children for whom work meant helping at home or perhaps carrying out seasonal and casual tasks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 331.310 |
| LCCN: 95016443 |
| Series: New Studies in Economic and Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.44" W x 8.48" (0.24 lbs) 98 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 1890. The author discusses the efforts of philanthropists and the State to regulate the lives and employment conditions of young workers, and examines the attempts made to improve the education and physical welfare of children in this period. She concludes that in the century after 1780 there was a progressive lengthening of childhood as a stage of life and a recognition of the "special" needs of children. |