Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
$5.61
A Fav - As a little girl this book was one of my favorites. It also changed my life. When I grew up I knew because of this book I d want to be a photographer and help the poor. I know am a photographer and an inner city teacher along with working with street kids.The black and whites in this photo I still study. They are mouth dropping!
Great book with good quality printing. - This soft-cover book is written like a children s textbook, but Hine s photos look great all throughout. There are quite a few full-page prints, roughly 8x6 sized. I m very satisfied with the purchase, only Aperture would print a book with better quality reproductions, and that s out of my price range right now.
Cholden s review for Dr. Overstreet s lit block 2007 - Lewis Hine was a photographer who took pictures of young children at work. There were many different jobs that children held during the late 1800 s into the early 1900 s. Hine s photographs were extremely powerful. Each photograph provided information about the types of jobs children held and gave some family history. The majority of the children had little to no education because their parents relied on them to work and earn an income. Many of the factories preferred the work of younger children compared to adults because the children were quicker and were too young to complain. Hine has displayed photos in this book of children as young as four years old shucking oysters. The most dangerous job that was portrayed in the book was coal mining, unfortunately it was also the best paying job, a child had to be at least fourteen to perform the tasks. Parents often lied about their child s age to get them into the mines. The book would have been just as powerful without any of the information. The pictures were enough to convey the children s stories. Russell Freedman has done a wonderful job putting this book together. Seeing the children physically working was moving and emotional, which helped the author get his point across.
kids at work - This is a nonfiction photographic essay book that will touch any reader s heart. Mr. Freedman seems to know the facts and life of Mr. Hine very well. There is an extensive bibliography at the end of the book as wee. The information at the end seemed hard to believe but true. The book is only 11 years old so the facts aren t that dated. There are many saddening facts in this book. It reveals the truths about child labor in the text and photos. The book was written to shine light on child labor history and to showcase some of Mr. Hine s photographs. The book is very interesting to read. There are quotes from some kids who worked in the factories and also some quotes from Mr. Hine who took great pride in accurately recording the facts about his subjects. This book could spark an interest in further study of this topic. The information in this book is broken down and presented in an understandable order. The text is a harsh reality but it is presented well. The style gets the reader emotionally involved. The language is relatively simple and easy to read. The information is laid out well and the references are listed in the back. There is a table of contents and bibliography and acknowledgement page. The photos are a wonderful enhancement. The book would be nothing with out them. They are strategically placed and make the book what it is. There are captions that describe the pictures and they are discussed in the text. This book could be used in the classroom to show what life was like and to talk about immigration and economic conditions.
Hate school? Your life could be so much worse... - Freedman has collected dozens of black and white photographs taken by Lewis Hine during the first decades of the twentieth century. Hine worked as an investigational photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). The NCLC wanted the United States government to pass laws concerning child labor, and thought that photos of the work children did would be more effective persuaders than mere speeches and statistics. Hine traveled the nation with his camera taking photographs, sometimes despite risk to his person.The text of the book serves partly as a brief biography of Lewis Hine, and partly as explanatory backdrop for the scenes in the photographs. Freeman gives enough background information to put the images in their context, but not so much data as to overwhelm the reader. The machines, tools and environments are so strange to the modern eye that without clarification, many pictures would be meaningless.The most shocking photographs in the collection are of the young boys involved in the coalmines. The filth on their faces, hands and clothing is astonishing. By comparison, the dangers and deplorable conditions of working in a cotton mill are not as readily apparent as those of working in a coal mine. However, reading Freeman s text exposes the dangers of moving machinery and smothering lint and humidity not so clear in the photos.The book concludes by sharing the changes in child labor laws that Hine s photographs helped bring about, as well as information on the child labor situation of today. This book is full of eye opening and shocking information for the unaware. School may be hard, but without child labor laws things could be so much worse.