The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911
By: Janell Broyles.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Tragic fires throughout history
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Juvenile literature.; Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911.; Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Labor laws and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Industrial safety -- History.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the 1911 fire that destroyed New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and killed nearly one hundred and fifty workers, examining its causes and the reforms that came as a result of the tragedy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46) and index.
Table of contents: title: The immigrants of New York; title: Warnings ignored; title: Inferno; title: Aftermath; title: The legacy of a tragedy.