Child Labour : : Burning questions /

Child Labour : : Burning questions / / G. K. Lieten; ed. by J. de Jong, W. Koetsenruijter, H. Jansen.

It is often said that children have always been working. With the onset of the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century, however, children became to be exploited under miserable circumstances in factories. That was the beginning of the movement against child labour. A worldwide awareness camp...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Lieten, G. K.,
HerausgeberIn:
Jansen, H.,
Koetsenruijter, W.,
de Jong, J.,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (40 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Society from the perspective of the child
  • Defining childhood
  • Growing attention for child labour
  • Where children work
  • The importance of statistics
  • Child labour as a metaphor
  • Detrimental forms of work
  • Historical precedent in western countries
  • Decline and disappearance
  • Causes
  • Solutions
  • Thanks
  • Literature

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