Child Labor in America
Subtitle: A History
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780786473496
Subjects: Child labor; United states, social conditions
Description: "Until the close of the 19th century, many children in America were employed in farming, mills and mines or sold newspapers and fruits and vegetables on the streets. It took the Great Depression and New Deal legislation to pass the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (and receive the support of the Supreme Court)"--