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100	1		_aClopper, Edward Nicholas, _d1879-1953
245	1	0	_aChild Labor in City Streets
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2013
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2013-12-09
508			_aProduced by Charlene Taylor, Heike Leichsenring and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520			_a"Child Labor in City Streets" by Edward N. Clopper is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the often-overlooked issue of child labor in urban environments, focusing particularly on children engaged in street occupations such as selling newspapers, bootblacking, and peddling. Clopper argues that these children, far from being considered independent merchants, are often subjected to harsh working conditions that negatively impact their health and education, while public indifference continues to allow their exploitation. At the start of the work, Clopper establishes the context of child labor in the United States, highlighting how previous reform efforts have primarily concentrated on factory and mine workers, thus neglecting children in street occupations. He discusses how street workers are frequently seen through a naive lens, romanticizing their roles while failing to recognize the detrimental effects that such labor has on their well-being. The opening chapters outline the extent of street child labor, categorize various street work activities, and indicate the urgent need for legislative attention and societal reform to protect these vulnerable children. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aChild labor
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44396
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