A Thing of the Past?: Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

A Thing of the Past?: Child Labour in Britain in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
ISBN-10
0853236445
ISBN-13
9780853236443
Category
History
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
1999-01-01
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Author
Michael Lavalette

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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