Sachs, Miranda,

An age to work : working-class childhood in Third Republic Paris / Miranda Sachs. - 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'An Age to Work' reveals how the French welfare state produced class and gender-based hierarchies within childhood. It weaves together the histories of child labor and juvenile delinquency to trace how the state used age-based regulations to ensure the productivity of working-class youths.

Specialized.

9780197638484 No price

10.1093/oso/9780197638453.001.0001 doi


Child labor--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Child labor--History--France--Paris--20th century.
Child labor--Law and legislation--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Child labor--Law and legislation--History--France--Paris--20th century.
Children--France--Paris--Social conditions--19th century.
Children--France--Paris--Social conditions--20th century.
Industry.
Economics.


Paris (France)--History--1870-1940.

HD6250.F82 / S33 2023

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