Child Workers In America

Author : Hugh D Hindman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315290839
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Labor written by Hugh D Hindman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its decline throughout the advanced industrial nations, child labor remains one of the major social, political, and economic concerns of modern history, as witnessed by the many high-profile stories on child labor and sweatshops in the media today. This work considers the issue in three parts. The first section discusses child labor as a social and economic problem in America from an historical and theoretical perspective. The second part presents child labor as National Child Labor Committee investigators found it in major American industries and occupations, including coal mines, cotton textile mills, and sweatshops in the early 1900s. Finally, the concluding section integrates these findings and attempts to apply them to child labor problems in America and the rest of the world today.

Author : Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin
Publisher : New York, International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Workers in America written by Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin and published by New York, International. This book was released on 1917 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... A detailed and definitive study of child labor in the United States"--Jacket.

Author : Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602727
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Labor in America written by Chaim M. Rosenberg and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 federal efforts to ban child labor were struck down by the Supreme Court and an attempt to amend the Constitution to ban child labor failed to gain enough support. It took the Great Depression and New Deal legislation to pass the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (and receive the support of the Supreme Court). This history of American child labor details the extent to which children worked in various industries, the debate over health and social effects, and the long battle with agricultural and industrial interests to curtail the practice.

Author : William G. Whittaker
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590338957
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Labor in America written by William G. Whittaker and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of child labour in America is long and, in some cases, unsavoury. It dates back to the founding of the United States. Traditionally, most children, except for the privileged few, had always worked -- either for their parents or for an outside employer. Through the years, child labour practices have changed -- and so have the benefits and risks associated with employment of children. In some respects, altered workplace technology has served to make work easier and less hazardous. At the same time, some processes and equipment have rendered the workplace more dangerous -- especially for the very young. Child labour first became a federal legislative issue at least as far back as 1906 with the introduction of the Beveridge proposal for regulation of the types of work in which children might be engaged. Although the 1906 legislation was not adopted, it led to extended study of the conditions under which children were employed or allowed to work and to a series of legislative proposals -- some approved, others defeated or overturned by the courts -- culminating in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The latter statute, amended periodically, remains the primary federal law dealing with the employment of children. Although providing a framework for regulation of child labour (and, in some cases, forbidding it entirely), the FLSA is not comprehensive, nor does it deal with all employment of children in precisely the same way. Generally speaking, work by young persons (under 18 years of age) in mines and factories is not allowed. What other types of work may be suitable (or especially hazardous) for persons under 18 years of age has been left to the discretion of the Secretary of Labour. Some types of work -- for example, some newspaper sales and delivery, theatrical (and related) employment -- fall beyond the scope of FLSA child labour requirements. Finally, a distinction has been made between employment in non-agricultural fields and in agriculture -- and, in the latter case, between work for a parent or guardian in an agricultural setting and commercial employment. This book sketches the early history of child labour regulation and reviews certain recent federal initiatives in that area and discusses child labour legislation.

Author : Ian C. Rivera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608767694
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Labor in America written by Ian C. Rivera and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of child labour in America is long and, in some cases, unsavoury. It dates back to the founding of the United States. Traditionally, most children, except for the privileged few, had always worked -- either for their parents or for an outside employer. Through the years, however, child labour practices have changed. So have the benefits and risks associated with employment of children. In some respects, altered workplace technology has served to make work easier and less hazardous. At the same time, some processes and equipment have rendered the workplace more dangerous, especially for children and youth. This book examines the current state of enforcement of America's federal child labour laws by the Department of Labour. This historical issue of child labour in America is also briefly reviewed. In addition, recommendations are made about reforms to strengthen protections for working children from hazardous working conditions. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

Author : National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Child Workers of the Nation written by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorothy W. Douglas
Publisher : Das Press
ISBN 13 : 1408679221
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Workers in America written by Dorothy W. Douglas and published by Das Press. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Lucy Manning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Child Labor Laws? written by Lucy Manning and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439644829
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Labor in Greater Boston written by Chaim M. Rosenberg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its earliest days, Boston decreed that its children be taught to read and write English and understand the laws. In 1826, free and compulsory education was introduced. The wish to educate the young conflicted with the great need for unskilled labor in the fields and factories. With adult wages low, schoolchildren helped their families by selling newspapers, shining shoes, hawking goods, or scavenging. On reaching 14 years of age, many children left school to find full-time work. Fearing that these children would end up in low-paying, dead-end jobs, Boston Public Schools added trade schools to teach craft skillscarpentry, printing, and metalwork for boys; dressmaking, cooking, and embroidery for girls. The national struggle to ban child labor began in the mid-19th century and ended with the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. This book describes the efforts in Boston and surrounding towns to keep children in school, at least until age 16, before permitting them to start work. The bulk of the images included were taken by Lewis Wickes Hine during his several visits to Boston between 1909 and 1917.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Child written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: