Author: Harry Prentice
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Harry Prentice
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ISBN: 9781021781871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Chaim M. Rosenberg
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476602727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 235

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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.

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Languages : en
Pages : 189

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Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Chicago Public Library
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Author: Free Public Library of Jersey City
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Languages : en
Pages : 564

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Author: Jane Cunningham Croly
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Category : Needlework
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Author: James Otis
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: James Otis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732688038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Reproduction of the original: Swamp Fox by James Otis