Invisible Hands: Child Labor and the State in Colonial Zimbabwe

by Beverly Carolease Grier

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Using a wealth of previously misread or neglected documentation, Grier demonstrates that children and adolescents were a major preoccupation of settlers in the mining and agricultural sectors, of domestic service, and of officials whose task it was to provide conditions favorable to the accumulation of capital. By doing so, she uncovers how the youngest workers resisted attempts to control their mobility and labor. Young workers and migrants employed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0325001855

ISBN13:9780325001852

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Praeger

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Africa Children's Books Children's Studies Economics History Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences South Africa Southern Africa World Zimbabwe

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