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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results16 Connexions Library3 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 4 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe Barnardo Boys: Thousands of British 'Home Children' were shipped to Canada as child labourers in a plot right out of Dickens Sanders, Carol Article 2012 Between 1868 and the 1930s, more than 100,000 destitute children in Great Britain were shipped off to Canada. An estimated two-thirds of the Home Children, as they were known, were under the age 14. The burden of slavery: New Internationalist August 2001 - #337 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2001 Discusses a brief history of slavery in different parts of the world, and its existence in the presence. Outlines ways for people and the government can contribute to end slavery. Das Capital, Volume 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production  Marx, Karl Book 1867 Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, ... Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children Bakan, Joel Book 2011 An exploration of the corporate manipulation and exploitation of children and childhood and society's (lack of) response. Ethical Shopping: A Magic Bullet to Save the World?: New Internationalist November 2006 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A look at shopping ethically and its limitations. Discussion of why consumerism is contributing to a negative impact on the planet. Free The Children Kielburger, Craig; Major, Kevin Book 1998 An account of children's rights activist Craig Kielburger's work with and on behalf of exploited child labourers. Laying the Children's Ghosts to Rest: Canada's Home Children in the West Joyce, Sean Arthur Book 2014 Between 1869 and the early 1930s more than 100,000 children were rounded up from the streets of Britain to be used as labourers in Canadian homes; often little more than slaves. Today there are two mi... Man's Worldly Goods: The Story of the Wealth of Nations Huberman, Leo Book 1936 Huberman sets out to explain history using economic theory, and to explain economic theory using history. He tries to explain, in terms of the development of economic thought, why certain doctrines ar... The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade Ransom, David Book 2001 Ransom suggests that fair, environmentally-conscious trade is not only a viable alternative to unfair free trade, but that it is the way of the future. Pay Cheques & Picket Lines: All About Unions in Canada MacKay, Claire; Illustrated by Peters, Eric Book 1987 A children's book which explains what unions are, how they came to be, and why they exist. A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard Book 1995 Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.
Product of Mexico: Child Labor: In Mexico's fields, children toil to harvest crops that make it to American tables Marosi, Richard Article 2014 About 100,000 children under 14 pick crops for pay at small- and mid-size farms across Mexico, where child labor is illegal. Some of the produce they harvest reaches American consumers, helping to pow... Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labour, 1800-1991 Palmer, Bryan D. Book 1983 From nineteenth-century tavern life to late twentieth-century cinema, from rough canallers and the first stirrings of craft unionism to contemporary public-sector strikes, this books provides a sweepi... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesInternational Labor Rights Forum An organization dedicated to achieving just and humane working conditions for workers worldwide. They are committed to overcoming child labour, forced labour and other abusive practices. They promote... OneWorld.net (U.S.) We bring together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide. The OneWorld network spans five continents and produces conte... Pueblito Canada Community development projects in Latin America. Development education materials for children in Canada. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryHome Children Wikipedia article Home Children is a common term used to refer to the child migration scheme founded by Annie MacPherson in 1869, under which more than 100,000 children were sent to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and ... From the Connexions ArchivesLes Enfants au Travail Organization 1982 Cette étude vient d'un project du Programme International pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail qui est sorti de l'Organization Internationale de Travail (OTI). |
