Centuries of Child Labour argues that some of the conventional wisdom on child labour can be qualified, and even questioned, if we turn from the experiences of

This is a unique account of working-class childhood during the British industrial revolution, first published in 2010. Using more than 600 autobiographies writt

Despite its decline throughout the advanced industrial nations, child labor remains one of the major social, political, and economic concerns of modern history,

The purpose of this collection is to bring together representative examples of the most recent work that is taking an understanding of children and childhood in

What kinds of jobs did children do in the past, and how widespread was their employment? Why did so many poor families put their children to work? How did the s