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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tuttle, Carolyn.

Hard at work in factories and mines: the economics of child labor
during the British industrial revolution / Carolyn Tuttle.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8133-3698-8 (hc.)

1. Children--Employment-- Great Britain--History--19th century.

2. Labor economics-- Great Britain--History--19th century.

3. Industrial revolution-- Great Britain. I. Title.

HD6250.G7T88 1999

331.3′1′094109034--dc21 99-16847

CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Stan-
dard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.

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