Consult this handy reference work when you need accurate, up to date information on subjects ranging from the effects of work on children's education to the use of child labor in Eastern Europe.
From Dickensian exploitation of orphans to the after-school jobs of American students, child labor continues to generate controversy. Surveying working children from the Industrial Revolution to the present day, Child Labor takes the subject beyond the usual third world confines as it looks at traditional children's occupations, from chimney sweeps in Victorian Britain to child actors in TV commercials.
- A–Z entries are also arranged by category
- Numerous citations of contemporary books and studies
- ISBN10 0874369568
- ISBN13 9780874369564
- Publish Date 1 November 1999
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ABC-CLIO
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 363
- Language English