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Tables of Contents for A Thing of the Past?
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Notes on Contributors
ix
Acknowledgements
x
Introduction: Child Labour-A Thing of the Past?
1
8
Michael Lavalette
Part 1 The Theoretical Context of Child Labour Research
9
60
Editor's Introduction
11
4
The `New Sociology of Childhood' and Child Labour: Childhood, Children's Rights and `Children's Voice'
15
29
Michael Lavalette
Theorizing Children at Work: Family, State and Relations of Production in Historical Context
44
25
Michael Lavalette
Part 2 Child Labour in British History
69
104
Editor's Introduction
71
5
Child Labour and British Industrialization
76
25
Sara Horrell
Jane Humphries
The Historic Viability of Child Labour and the Mines Act of 1842
101
17
Peter Kirby
The Changing Form of Child Labour circa 1880--1918: The Growth of `Out of School Work'
118
21
Michael Lavalette
The Problem that Doesn't Exist? Child labour in Britain 1918--1970
139
34
Stephen Cunningham
Part 3 Contemporary Issues
173
82
Editor's Introduction
175
2
Child Work in the UK 1970--1998
177
16
Madeleine Leonard
A Peculiarly British Phenomenon? Child Labour in the USA
193
23
Jim McKechnie
Honoured in the Breach: Child Employment Law in Britain
216
15
David Cornwell
Katya Graham
Sandy Hobbs
Unenforced or Unenforceable? A View from the Professions
231
24
Ben Whitney
Conclusion
249
6
Michael Lavalette
Bibliography
255
19
Index
274