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The world of child labor : an historical and regional survey

xxxii, 999 pages : 26 cm Provides a current global snapshot with overview essays on the dimensions of the problem and on institutions and organizations combating child labor Includes bibliographical references and index Editor's introduction : Child labor in global and historical perspective / Hugh D. Hindman -- pt. 1. The world: The economic view of child labor / Patrick M. Emerson -- Social science views on working children / Ben White -- A brief historiography of child labor / Colin Heywood -- Toward an integrative theory of child labor / G.K. Lieten -- Periods of history: childhood and chi…