Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines - McIntosh, Robert

Clean, tight, unmarked; creasing to upper back corner of dust jacket by spine edge; otherwise very minimal wear; A controversial and chilling examination of child labour in Canadian coal mines, Boys in the Pits shows that beginning early in the 19th century, thousands of boys, some as young as eight, laboured underground - driving pit ponies, manipulating ventilation doors, and helping miners cut and load the coal that fuelled the industrial revolution. Boys dies in the mines in explosions and accidents but they also organized strikes for better working conditions. Robert McIntosh recasts these wage-earning children as more than victims, illustrating that they responded intelligently and resourcefully to their circumstances.
Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Hardcover
McGill-Queen's University Press
2000
Montreal, QC