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100			_aClement, Douglas,
245		0	_aWhy Johnny Can't Work. _cDouglas Clement.
260			_bRegion, _c2005.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006. _nArticle 55, _pBusiness, _x1522-3191;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500			_aOriginally Published: Why Johnny Can't Work, June 2005; pp. 32-40.
520			_a"Child labor. To those in industrialized nations, the phrase conjures Dickensian imagery of small children suffering as they toil ceaselessly in dingy factories in London. In the United States, as well, child labor was once widespread. In 1820, children constituted nearly 35 percent of the workforce in large manufacturing firms in the Northeast. In 1900, three-quarters of North Carolina's cotton mill spinners were under 14. But as we enter the 21st century, these depressing images have faded to sepia. Child labor regulations were enacted decades ago in developed nations, and while children still work, their hours and activities have been severely curtailed by both custom and law. A modern-day Dickens would be hard-pressed to find Oliver Twist in contemporary England, and Horatio Alger's boys would be writing papers, not selling them." (REGION) The author discusses "a theory of why countries do (or don't) restrict child labor. And what it may tell us about the true wealth of nations."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aChild labor
650			_aChild labor _zDeveloping countries
650			_aChild labor _xLaw and legislation
650			_aFertility _xHuman _xStatistics
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006, _pBusiness. _x1522-3191;
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