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Format:

Book

Author:

Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018.

Title:

Kids at work : Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor / by Russell Freedman ; with photographs by Lewis Hine.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Clarion Books, [1994]

Description:

104 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.

Summary:

This photo-essay describes child labor in the United States at the beginning of the century and how Lewis Hine fought for reforms. A profile of the investigative photographer & how he used his camera to expose the horrors of forced child labor in the United States during the early 20th century. His dramatic photos are included.

Series:

Latina/o sociology series

Subjects:

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 -- Juvenile literature.

Child labor -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Photographers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Documentary photographs.

Other Author:

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100) and index.

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 7.5 2 SD Quiz 11820 English non-fiction.

American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1995

Orbis Pictus Honor, 1995

Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 1995

Contents:

Crusader with a camera -- Becoming a photographer -- Seeing is believing -- Spinners, doffers, and sweepers -- Breaker boys -- Street kids and farm kids -- Making a difference -- Declaration of dependence -- Child labor then and now -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments and picture credits -- Index.

Web Site:

Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

93005989

ISBN:

0395587034

9780395587034

9780395797266

0395797268

032909422X

9780329094225

9781479811519

1479811513

9781479873708

1479873705

9781439519400

1439519404

9780329635374

0329635379

0395587034

Other Number:

28677800

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

16635

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

j 331.31 Freedman