Children's Work and Welfare 1780-1890

by Pamela Horn

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This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 1890. The author discusses the efforts of philanthropists and the State to regulate the lives and employment conditions of young workers, and examines the attempts made to improve the education and physical welfare of children in this period. She concludes that in the century after 1780 there was a progressive...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521557690

ISBN13:9780521557696

Release Date:October 1995

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:98 Pages

Weight:0.12 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Economic History Economics England Europe History Labor & Industrial Relations Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Social Sciences Western

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