The evolution of the working conditions and associated legislation of apprentices and child labour in British factories and trades from the late 18th to the middle of the 19th centuries

Both modern and contemporary commentators have over the past 140 years written many millions of words on the subject of the abuse of child labour in factories and trades in the first half of the nineteenth century. The subject was highly charged with emotion at that time. The detailed observations o...

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Main Author: Heaton, James R.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 1977
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012242