Kids at work
Subtitle: Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor
By: by Russell Freedman ; with photographs by Lewis Hine
Contributors: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780395587034
Subjects: Photographers; Biography; Reformers; Child labor; Juvenile literature; Social reformers; History
Description: This photo-essay describes child labor in the United States at the beginning of the century and how Lewis Hine fought for reforms. A profile of the investigative photographer & how he used his camera to expose the horrors of forced child labor in the United States during the early 20th century. His dramatic photos are included.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-100) and index.
Table of contents: title: Crusader with a camera; title: Becoming a photographer; title: Seeing is believing; title: Spinners, doffers, and sweepers; title: Breaker boys; title: Street kids and farm kids; title: Making a difference; title: Declaration of dependence; title: Child labor then and now; title: Bibliography; title: Acknowledgments and picture credits; title: Index.