Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780521847568 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 439 str.

Jane Humphries

Opis

A unique 2010 account of childhood during the industrial revolution through the autobiographies of working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Recenzje

'… offers unique insights into working-class childhoods and sheds light on the significant role of child workers during industrialisation. This important book is essential reading for historians of childhood and the family.' Mary Nejedly, Family & Community History

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Sources, models, context; 3. Families; 4. Household economy; 5. Family relationships; 6. Wider kin; 7. Starting work; 8. Jobs; 9. Apprenticeship; 10. Schooling; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography.