Child Labor in the British Victorian Entertainment Industry : 1875–1914 / / by Dyan Colclough

• Autore: Colclough Dyan
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 227 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.02/80830941
• Soggetto topico: Performing arts; Social groups; Families; Great Britain—History; Children; Adolescence; Theater—History; Theater; Performing Arts; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging; History of Britain and Ireland; Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Theatre History; Theatre and Performance Studies
• Classificazione: HIS015000PER011020SOC047000
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1. Raw Material, Labor and the Finished Product: the theatrical child as employee -- 2. Laboring Fairies: The Theatrical Child as a Family -- 3. The Performing Child and its Audience -- 4. Performing Their Duty: Child savers and the theatrical child -- 5. Protective legislation and the theatrical child -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Child labor greatly contributed to the cultural and economic success of the British Victorian theatrical industry. This book highlights the complexities of the battle for child labor laws, the arguments for the needs of the theatre industry, and the weight of opposition that confronted any attempt to control employers. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Child Labor in the British Victorian Entertainment Industry
• ISBN: 1-137-49603-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910253323003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History