|9780822968559|Law, Technology, and Child Labor| At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh led the nation in glass production. Glass bottle plants relied heavily on adolescent boys for their manufacturing process. These “glass house boys” worked both day and night, as plants ran around the clock to meet production demands and remain competitive with their newly automated rivals. The boys performed menial tasks, received low wages, and had little to say on their own behalf. By the turn of the century, most states had greatly reduced the use of children in industry, but Pennsylvania lawmakers lagged behind. In The Glass…

|9780822960485|State, Society, and Law, 1800–1917| At the height of the Russian industrial revolution, legions of children toiled in factories, accounting for fifteen percent of the workforce. Yet, by the end of the nineteenth century, their numbers had been greatly reduced, thanks to legislation that sought to protect the welfare of children for the first time. Russia's Factory Children presents the first English-language account of the changing role of children in the Russian workforce, from the onset of industrialization until the Communist Revolution of 1917, and profiles the laws that would establish children's labor rights. In this compelling study, Boris B….

|9780822950431|A handbook of standard techniques for observing children’s behavior in nursery school settings — it is also applicable to children in club groups, elementary school classrooms, and hospitals.| Nancy Carbonara|| Education / Preschool & Kindergarten Psychology / Developmental / Child Psychology / General Social Science / Children’s Studies