Child Labour in Britain, 1750-1870

by Peter Kirby

Book Overview

What kinds of jobs did children do in the past, and how widespread was their employment? Why did so many poor families put their children to work? How did the state respond to child labour? What problems arise in the interpretation of evidence of child employment?

Child Labour in Britain, 1750-1870
- Offers a broad empirical analysis of how the work of children was integrated with the major economic and occupational changes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333671945
• ISBN13: 9780333671948
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"