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Breaker boys : how a photograph helped end child labor Cover Image Book Book

Breaker boys : how a photograph helped end child labor / written by Michael Burgan.

Burgan, Michael. (Author).

Summary:

Recounts photographer Lewis Hines' fight against child labor in the early 1900s and discusses how his work and the work of others revealed truths about the issue to the public.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780756544393 (library binding)
  • ISBN: 0756544394 (library binding)
  • ISBN: 9780756545109 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0756545102 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: Mankato, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Coal was king -- Coal and kids -- Changing the world -- Ending child labor -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Additional notes -- Source Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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Subject: Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 > Juvenile literature.
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Child labor > United States > History > Pictorial works > Juvenile literature.
Documentary photography > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.
Child labor > United States > History.
Coal mines and mining > Pennsylvania > History.
Child labor > United States > History > Pictorial works.
Documentary photography > United States > History.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.
Child labor > United States > History.
Coal mines and mining > Pennsylvania > History.
Child labor > United States > History > Pictorial works.

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Homer Public Library J 331.3 BUR (Text) 000102833 Children's Library -- Nonfiction Available -

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