Labouring Children (1980) is a study of child immigrants, based on numerous original sources, and presents new views on childhood, social work and Canadian rura
Out of print for several years, Labouring Children now has a substantial new introduction in which the author examines the historiography of the history of chil
Chronicling the contributions children made towards their families' livelihoods in hard times, this detailed record catalogs the high price children had to pay-
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
This book shows how children's work can take on widely differing forms; and how it can both harm and benefit children. Differing in approach from most other wor