The Triangle Shirtwaist fire and sweatshop reform in American history
By: / Suzanne Lieurance.
Series: In American history
Publisher: Enslow Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
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.; Sweatshops -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Industrial safety -- History.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explores the people and events connected with the 1911 fire in a New York City sewing factory that killed 146 people and led to reforms in legislation regarding workplace safety.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fire in the factory; title: A general strike is declared; title: A city mourns; title: Investigations and a trial; title: Steps to improve working conditions.