Part 1 The theoretical context of child labour research: the new sociology of childhood and child labour - childhood, rights and children's voice, Michael Lavalette theorising children at work - family, state and relations of production in historical context, Michael Lavalette. Part 2 Child labour in British history: child labour and British industrialization, Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries the historic viability of child labour and the Mines Act of 1842, Peter Kirby the changing form of child labour circa 1880-1918 -the growth of out of school work, Michael lavalette the problem that doesn't exist? child labour in Britain, 1918-1970, Stephen Cunningham. Part 3 Contemporary issues: child work in the UK, 1970-1998, Madeleine Leonard a peculiarly British phenomenon? the extent of child labour in the USA, Jim McKechnie honoured in the breach -child employment law in Britain, David Cornwell et al unenforced or unenforceable? a view from the professions, Ben Whitney.
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Coulter et al. (2001) studied this question.