The use of child workers was widespread in textile manufacturing by the late eighteenth century. A particularly vital supply of child workers was via the parish

A major contribution to studies in child labour, this book explores the contribution of child workers and the particular importance of the parish apprenticeship

This short book provides a succinct account of changes in children's work and welfare in Britain between 1780 and 1890. It examines both the scale and the natur

A comprehensive study of the occupational health of employed children within the broader context of social, industrial and environmental change between 1780 and

Studies of child labour have examined the experiences of child workers in agriculture, mining and textile mills, yet surprisingly little research has focused on