Kirby, Peter (Author)
Boydell Press
Physical Details: 212 pp.; ill.
Language: English
Historians have long recognised the importance of child health during the Industrial Revolution, but few have explored the health of working children in any analytical detail. In this comprehensive study, Peter Kirby places the occupational health of employed children within a broad context of social, industrial and environmental change during the period 1780 to 1850. The book explores the deformities, fevers, respiratory complaints, industrial injuries and physical ill-treatment which have long been associated with child labour in the factory workplace. The result is a more nuanced picture of child health and child labour during the classic 'factory age' which raises important questions about the enduring stereotype of the health-impaired and abused industrial child.
...MoreReview Allison L. Hepler (2016) Review of "Child Workers and Industrial Health in Britain, 1780--1850". Technology and Culture (pp. 248-250).
Review Humphries, Jane (2015) Review of "Child Workers and Industrial Health in Britain, 1780--1850". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 128-130).
Review Steinbach, Susie L. (2014) Review of "Child Workers and Industrial Health in Britain, 1780--1850". American Historical Review (pp. 1770-1771).
Review Williams, Samantha (2014) Review of "Child Workers and Industrial Health in Britain, 1780--1850". Canadian Journal of History (pp. 451-453).
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