Children's Work and Welfare 1780 1890

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-55284-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 98 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

Reihe: New Studies in Economic and Social History

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 nature of child employment and the changing attitude of society towards it at a time when Britain was becoming the 'workshop of the world'. The further development of industry in the second half of the nineteenth century meant that the need for juvenile workers declined. At the same time the efforts of philanthropists and the State led to legal curbs on the kinds of jobs children could perform and the minimum age at which they could commence them. The author concludes that the century after 1780 saw a progressive lengthening of childhood as a stage of life, and that by 1890 children had been recognised as 'special cases' in need of protective legislation. However, for the poorest and most disadvantaged families life remained a struggle, and children continued to pick up a living where they could.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horn, Pamela

Kirby, Maurice

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Geschichte der Soziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: 1780s–1850s; 2. The impact of industrialisation: 1780–1850s; 3. Rescue and reform: 1830–67; 4. Work and welfare: 1868–80s; Conclusion: the working-class child in the 1880s; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index.