A thing of the past? : child labour in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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A thing of the past? : child labour in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Liverpool University Press, 1999
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Bibliography: p. [255]-273
Includes index
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Description
In Britain the phrase 'child labour' is associated with the past, with children going up chimneys and down mines. However, in reality British children continue to perform arduous jobs, and British multinationals exploit child workers across the globe. This book explores the theoretical context of child labour research before considering the history of child labour and concluding with the present situation in the UK and USA.
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Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgement
Introduction: Child Labour - A Thing of the Past? Michael Lavalette
Part 1 The Theoretical Context of Child Labour Research
Editors Introduction
1. The 'New Sociology of Childhood' and Child Labour: Childhood, Children's Rights and 'Children's Voice' M.Lavalette
2. Theorizing Children at Work: Family, State and Relations of Production in Historical Context M.Lavalette
Part 2 Child Labour in British History
Editors Introduction
3. Child Labour and British Industrialization Sara Horrell and Jane Humphries
4. The Historic Viability of Child LAbour and the Mines Act of 1842 Peter Kirby
5. The Changing Form of Child LAbour circa 1880-1918: The Growth of 'Out of School Work' M.Lavalette
6. The Problem that Doesn't Exist? Child Labour in Britain 1918-1970 Stephen Cunningham
Part 3 Contemporary Issues
Editors Introduction
7. Child Work in the UK 1970-1998 Madeleine Leonard
8. A Peculiarly British Phenomenon? Child Labour in the USA Jim McKechnie
9. Honoured in the Breach: Child Employment Law in Britain David Cornwell, Katya Graham and Sandy Hobbs
10. Unenforced or Unenforacble? A View from the Professions Ben Whitney
Conclusion M. Lavalette
Bibliography
Index
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