Centuries of Child Labour: European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

by Marjatta Rahikainen

Most historical studies of child labour have tended to confirm a narrative which witnesses the gradual disappearance of child labour in Western Europe as politicians and social reformers introduced successive legislation, gradually removing children from the workplace. This approach fails to explain the return or continuance of child labour in many affluent European societies. Centuries of Child Labour explains changes in past child labour and attitudes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754604985
• ISBN13: 9780754604983
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.