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" Child labor / "
Gary Wiener, book editor.
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BL
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688198
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b510387
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Child labor /\ Gary Wiener, book editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Detroit :: Greenhaven Press,, c2009.
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| Series Statement
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Global viewpoints
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271 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm.
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0737743298 (pbk.)
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: 0737743301 (hardcover)
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: 9780737743296 (pbk.)
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: 9780737743302 (hardcover)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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ch. 1. The global problem of child labor -- Child labor defined / Chivy Sok -- Indian children make American goods / Megha Bahree -- Myths about child labor abound / Global March Against Child Labour -- Child domestic workers are often mistreated / Human Rights Watch -- In South Asia, carpets are made using child labor / The Anti-Slavery Society -- Fine carpets are not made using child labor / Lissa Wyman -- West African cocoa farmers use child slave labor / Victoria Lambert -- For Egyptian children, child labor is a way of life / Alaa Shahine -- ch. 2. The dangers of child labor -- Kenyan children harvest crops in dangerous conditions / Karen Fanning -- In Southeast Asia and elsewhere, child sex tourism is a significant problem / Natalie Ann McCauley -- Columbia's girl prostitutes must be removed from danger / Drea Knufken -- Where there is war, there are child soldiers / Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers -- Bolivia's children labor in dangerous coal mines / Laura Baas -- England's working children need more protection / P.J. White -- South Asian bonded child laborers suffer a wide range of abuses / The Child Workers in Asia Foundation -- ch. 3. Defending child labor -- For Uzbekistan's poverty-stricken families, child labor is a necessary evil / Sunny Ntayombya -- Child work serves a need in many impoverished nations / Sam Vaknin -- Bangladeshi families suffer due to new child labor laws / Evelyn Iritani -- Child labor is a necessary step on the way to national prosperity / Radley Balko -- ch. 4. Efforts to end child labor around the world -- "Mainstreaming" is a successful approach to ending child labor / International Labour Organization -- Banning child labor won't solve the problem / Amela Karabegovic and Jason Clemens -- Campaigns to end child labor should focus on sending every child to school / Gerard Oonk -- Corporations must take responsibility for child labor / Poulomi Saha and Tobias Webb -- Ireland must join the fight against child labor / Justin Kilcullen -- Brazil is leading the way toward eliminating child labor / International Labour Organization -- The Philippines has taken measures to end the worst forms of child labor / Visayan Forum Foundation -- India has begun to address the complex problem of child labor / Anupama Katakam.
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| Abstract
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A collection of essays dealing with child labor issues.
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Child labor.
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HD6231.C45 2009
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Wiener, Gary.
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