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100 1 _aSpargo, John,
_d1876-1966
245 1 4 _aThe Bitter Cry of the Children
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bitter_Cry_of_Children
500 _aRelease date is 2018-05-09
508 _aProduced by Richard Tonsing, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Bitter Cry of the Children" by John Spargo is a social commentary written in the early 20th century. The book presents a profound investigation into the effects of poverty on childhood, aiming to shed light on its devastating impact on children’s health and development. It delves into various aspects of child poverty, including malnutrition, the educational hardships faced by impoverished children, and the burdens brought on by the labor of young working-class children. The opening of the work sets a somber tone as it outlines the severe consequences of poverty on infants. Spargo emphasizes the critical importance of early childhood years, arguing that poverty renders children helpless and vulnerable to neglect, poor nutrition, and inadequate care, which ultimately hampers their physical and mental development. He paints a vivid picture of the desperation faced by the children of the working class, highlighting their struggles with hunger and chronic underfeeding and calling for urgent reforms to address their plight. Through his lens, Spargo aims to evoke empathy and compel societal action to alleviate the suffering of these children. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChild labor
653 _aChild welfare
700 1 _aHunter, Robert,
_d1874-1942
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57125
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