How Children Used to Work.

Stern, David; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ148098

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Publication Date: 1975

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How Children Used to Work

Stern, David; And Others

Law and Contemporary Problems, 39, 3, 93-117, Sum 75

Discusses the changing role of children in the United States from 1800-1970, focusing on the increasing conflict between child rearing and other activities of parents, the curtailment of child labor, and the decreasing importance of children as a source of old-age financial support for their parents. Available from Law and Contemporary Problems, Duke Station, Durham, North Carolina 27706, $16.00 annual subscription. (Author/JG)

Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Rearing, Child Role, Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Family Structure, Parent Child Relationship, Social Change, Social History, Tables (Data)

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