Child labor in America : a history / Chaim M. Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Chaim M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child labor--United States--History.

Child labor.

Child labor--Government policy--United States--History.

Child labor--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the close of the 19th century, more than 2 million American children under age 16--some as young as 4 or 5--were employed on farms, in mills, canneries, factories, mines and offices, or selling newspapers and fruits and vegetables on the streets. The crusaders of the Progressive Era believed child labor was an evil that maimed the children, exploited the poor and suppressed adult wages. The child should be in school till age 16, they demanded, in order to become a good citizen. The battle for and against child labor was fought in the press as well as state and federal legislatures. Several

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Cotton and Cotton Mills""; ""2. Apprenticeship System""; ""3. Florence Kelley""; ""4. Settlement Houses�Jane Addams, Julia Lathrop and Lillian Wald""; ""5. Reformers and Muckrakers""; ""6. Tenements""; ""7. In the Mines""; ""8. On the Farm""; ""9. Distributing the News""; ""10. City Work""; ""11. At Sea""; ""12. Bottles, Silk, Meat and Shoes""; ""13. Children at War""; ""14. Health and Education of Working Children""; ""15. National Child Labor Committee and the U.S. Children's Bureau""

""16. Lewis Wickes Hine, Photographer Extraordinaire""""17. The Legal Battle""; ""18. Frances Perkins and the New Deal""; ""19. Child Labor Today""; ""Chapter Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-0272-7

OCLC:

854585533