child labor

Presents a rationale for studying child labor in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on children of school age who work and do not attend school regularly, discussing the political economy of child labor, the role of the education system, differences between urban and rural child laborers, exploitation, and prospects for positive social change.

An examination of the child labor problem in Kolkata, India.

In a 1905 mill town, eleven-year-old twin sisters, Pauline, who goes to work with the rest of the family, and Arlene, whose crippled foot keeps her home doing the cooking, cleaning, and washing, are convinced that the other sister has an easier life until a series of incidents helps them see each other in a new light.

In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York CIty where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for money as a street musician, but he finds the city's cruelty to children and animals intolerable and sets out to make things better, whatever the cost to himself.

Michael Finkel recalls how, shortly after he was fired from New York Times Magazine, he found out that a suspected murderer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List had fled to Mexico and taken on his identity. After the man, Christian Longo, was taken into custody, Michael Finkel was the only reporter that he agreed to talk to. Finkel describes his attempts to uncover the truth about really happened to the family Longo was accused of killing.

Examines the history of child labor in the United States, and attempts to identify lessons that could help eliminate the problem of child labor in countries on the path of economic development.

Though he is only twelve, Conall has worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania for a few years now, spending his time deep underground working with his mule, Angel. One day a tunnel collapses, trapping Conall, Angel, and several workers on the wrong side--but working together, Conall and Angel know they can free everyone.

UNICEF is a very important international organization. Around the world this agency's volunteers and staff are working to provide children with access to medical treatment and education.

Based on the lives of real people, the book explores the history of the child labor reform movement and how its victory affects today1 Bs working conditions and protects children's and workers rights. The reader is invited to become an child of the 1800's and given several options to choose from, allowing them the opportunity to explore what poor children forced into wage slavery experienced and see how the children's choices and the actions of others, such as reporters and activists, eventually led the end to child labor.