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Child Labour
  1. Introduction
  2. Text Sources
  3. Image Sources
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4. Further resources

Reading

All books can be found in Shropshire Libraries or in Shropshire Archives. You may also like to visit the School Library Service website.

  • Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers. Industrial Revolution: Children's Employment, vols 1-8 and index. (Irish University Press 1968). [Shropshire Archives reference number: 328.42]
  • The Industrial Revolution 1750-1850. Robin M. Reeve. (University of London Press Ltd 1971). [Shropshire Libraries dewey number: L.S. 609]
  • The Industrial Revolution in Shropshire. Barrie Trinder. (Phillimore 2000). [Shropshire Libraries dewey number: C64.2]
  • Explore History: Victorian Britain. Jane Shutter. (Heinemann 1991). [Shropshire Libraries dewey number: J941.081]
  • History of Britain: Victorian Families. Andrew Langley. (Heinemann 1996). [Shropshire Libraries dewey number: J941.081]
  • In Their Own Words: The Victorians. Robert Hull. (Franklin Watts 2001). [Shropshire Libraries dewey number: J941. 081]
  • The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History. David Hey. (OUP 1998).

Online resources

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Child Labour 1750-1900 Spartacus Educational history website. Lots of relevant information.
The History Place Series of excellent photographs detailing child labour in the United States, 1908-12.
Scriven Report on Child Labour Descriptions and testimonies from the 1840's Scriven report into child labour in the Potteries.
UK Directory UK Directory listing of sites relating to child labour.
Child Labour Bibliography Useful bibliography for advanced study from Oxford University's Faculty of Modern History.
BBC History Victorian Britain The BBC History site's general history of the Victorian era including working and living conditions.

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