Author: Harry PrenticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Ben Burton, the Slate-picker
Author: Harry PrenticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Ben Burton, The Slate-picker
Author: Harry PrenticePublisher:
ISBN: 9781021781871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ben Burton, Or, the Slate Picker
Author: Child Labor in America
Author: Chaim M. RosenbergPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476602727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
At the close of the 19th century, more than 2 million American children under age 16--some as young as 4 or 5--were employed on farms, in mills, canneries, factories, mines and offices, or selling newspapers and fruits and vegetables on the streets. The crusaders of the Progressive Era believed child labor was an evil that maimed the children, exploited the poor and suppressed adult wages. The child should be in school till age 16, they demanded, in order to become a good citizen. The battle for and against child labor was fought in the press as well as state and federal legislatures. Several federal efforts to ban child labor were struck down by the Supreme Court and an attempt to amend the Constitution to ban child labor failed to gain enough support. It took the Great Depression and New Deal legislation to pass the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (and receive the support of the Supreme Court). This history of American child labor details the extent to which children worked in various industries, the debate over health and social effects, and the long battle with agricultural and industrial interests to curtail the practice.
Adrift in the Wilds
Author: Edward Sylvester EllisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Newsboy
Author: Supplement No. 1 to the Alphabetical Finding List of the Free Public Library of Jersey City. Oct. 1, 1891
Author: Free Public Library of Jersey CityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Consists of "accessions" and "books in foreign languages".
Bulletin
Author: Laconia Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio), Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description