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Russia's Factory Children - State, Society, and Law, 1800–1917 (Paperback)
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Russia's Factory Children - State, Society, and Law, 1800–1917 (Paperback)
Series: Russian and East European Studies
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At the height of the Russian industrial revolution, legions of
children toiled in factories, accounting for fifteen percent of the
workforce. Yet, by the end of the nineteenth century, their numbers
had been greatly reduced, thanks to legislation that sought to
protect the welfare of children for the first time.
"Russia's Factory Children "presents the first English-language
account of the changing role of children in the Russian workforce,
from the onset of industrialization until the Communist Revolution
of 1917, and profiles the laws that would establish children's
labor rights.
In this compelling study, Boris B. Gorshkov examines the daily
lives, working conditions, hours, wages, physical risks, and health
dangers to children who labored in Russian factories. He also
chronicles the evolving cultural mores that initially welcomed
child labor practices but later shunned them.
Through extensive archival research, Gorshkov views the evolution
of Russian child labor law as a reaction to the rise of
industrialism and the increasing dangers of the workplace. Perhaps
most remarkable is his revelation that activism, from the
bourgeoisie, intellectuals, and children themselves, led to the
conciliation of legislators and marked a progressive shift that
would impact Russian society in the early twentieth century and
beyond.
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