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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100395797268

ISBN-139780395797266

eBay Product ID (ePID)167469

Product Key Features

Book TitleKids at Work : Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor

Number of Pages112 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPhotography, Labor & Industrial Relations, Individual Photographers / General, Children's Studies, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, Business & Economics

Publication Year1998

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Juvenile Nonfiction, Photography

AuthorRussell Freedman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width9.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN93-005989

Dewey Edition20

ReviewsReaders will not only come to appreciate the impact of his groundbreaking work, but will also learn how one man dedicated and developed his skill and talents to bring about social reform., In 1908 Lewis Hine left his teaching position for a full-time job as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, then conducting a major campaign against the exploitation of children. Hine's photographs serve as a visual accompaniment to Freedman's narrative, which not only documents the abuses of the times but also traces the chronology of Hine's development as a crusader., "In 1908 Lewis Hine left his teaching position for a full-time job as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, then conducting a major campaign against the exploitation of children. Hine's photographs serve as a visual accompaniment to Freedman's narrative, which not only documents the abuses of the times but also traces the chronology of Hine's development as a crusader." Horn Book "Readers will not only come to appreciate the impact of his groundbreaking work, but will also learn how one man dedicated and developed his skill and talents to bring about social reform." School Library Journal, Starred, "In 1908 Lewis Hine left his teaching position for a full-time job as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, then conducting a major campaign against the exploitation of children. Hine's photographs serve as a visual accompaniment to Freedman's narrative, which not only documents the abuses of the times but also traces the chronology of Hine's development as a crusader." -- Horn Book Magazine "Readers will not only come to appreciate the impact of his groundbreaking work, but will also learn how one man dedicated and developed his skill and talents to bring about social reform." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

Grade FromFifth Grade

Dewey Decimal331.3/1/092 B

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Table Of ContentONE: A Crusader with a Camera TWO: Becoming a Photographer THREE: Seeing Is Believing FOUR: Spinners, Doffers, and Sweepers FIVE: Breaker Boys SIX: Street Kids and Farm Kids SEVEN: Making a Difference Declaration of Dependence Child Labor Then and Now Bibliography Acknowledgments and Picture Credits Index

SynopsisPhotobiography of early twentieth-century photographer and schoolteacher Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child labor laws.

LC Classification NumberHD6231.K53