The use of child workers was widespread in textile manufacturing by the late eighteenth century. A particularly vital supply of child workers was via the parish

The use of child workers was widespread in textile manufacturing by the late eighteenth century. A particularly vital supply of child workers was via the parish

This short book provides a succinct account of changes in children's work and welfare in Britain between 1780 and 1890. It examines both the scale and the natur

A comprehensive study of the occupational health of employed children within the broader context of social, industrial and environmental change between 1780 and

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