Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor
- ISBN-10
- 0521198658
- ISBN-13
- 9780521198653
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-03-08
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- James D. Schmidt
Description
Challenges understandings of child labor by tracing how law altered the meanings of work for young people in the United States.
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