Child Labor in America Contributor(s): Mofford, Juliet H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1878668986 ISBN-13: 9781878668981 Publisher: History Compass OUR PRICE: $7.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 Annotation: Children have always worked to help their families, on farms and in the home. With the growth of factory labor and increasing numbers of immigrants arriving in the U.S., children began working more and more. Accounts from children and their bosses, the development of new labor laws, and the efforts of labor reformers tell the story of child labor from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the reform era. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 331.31 |
LCCN: 97067313 |
Lexile Measure: 1230 |
Series: Perspectives on History (Discovery) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.3" (0.17 lbs) 66 pages |