Children's Work and Welfare 1780–1890 (New Studies in Economic and Social History, Series Number 25) - Hardcover

Horn, Pamela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521552842 ISBN 13: 9780521552844

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 1890. The author discusses the efforts of philanthropists and the State to regulate the lives and employment conditions of young workers, and examines the attempts made to improve the education and physical welfare of children in this period. She concludes that in the century after 1780 there was a progressive lengthening of childhood as a stage of life and a recognition of the "special" needs of children.

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Book Description

This book examines the scale and nature of child employment in Britain and the changing attitude of society toward it in the years between 1780 and 1890. It studies the efforts of philanthropists and the State to regulate and improve the lives and employment conditions of young workers.

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This short book for students examines both the scale and the nature of child employment and the changing attitude of society towards it at a time when Britain was becoming the 'workshop of the world'. The author consider the lot of children engaged in farming, mining, factory production and domestic industries, along with those many other children for whom work meant helping at home or perhaps carrying out seasonal and casual tasks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521552842
• ISBN 13: 9780521552844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 98