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Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Schmidt, James D. (Northern Illinois University)
Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Schmidt, James D. (Northern Illinois University)
This book challenges existing understandings of child labor by tracing how law altered the meanings of work for young people in the United States between the Revolution and the Great Depression, finding the origins of the shifts in litigations that occurred in the wake of industrial accidents incurred by young workers.
304 pages, 10 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 8, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521155052 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 228 × 17 mm · 400 g |
| Language | English |