Children were the most exploited workers at the
turn of the century. Child labor was legal in 1900, and more than 250,000 children under the age of 15 worked in factories.
Ninety Years in the World of Work in America
The
turn of the century marked a changing of the guard at Zurich, as Heinrich Mueller, the general manager and a key architect of Zurich's early growth, stepped aside and brought in Fritz Meyer as his successor.
Global Giants
Moreover, companies should plan to finish the work with a comfortable cushion of one glitch-free year before the
turn of the century.
Program like it's 1999
At the
turn of the century social provision was locally financed and locally administered.
Welfare state or mixed economy of welfare?
She concludes with an essay on "Tsarist Russia's dream factories," silent motion pictures which arrived around the
turn of the century. McReynolds ascribes special importance to motion pictures because they represent "modernity's consummate blend of industrial technology and personal experience," (253) and because they "bestow omniscience and intimacy concurrently" upon the spectator, thus enormously enhancing both impact and the potential for identification with the screen action.
Russia at Play: Leisure Activities at the End of the Tsarist Era
By his own count, attendance is up since the
turn of the century. Millions continue to visit the same battlefield their forbears did, even with countless other attractions competing for their attention and dollars.
Blood money: Gettysburg's status as a national symbol is inseparable from its commercial success
This highly praised book (a School Library Journal Best Book, etc.) provides a vivid look at child labor issues from the mid 1800s through the
turn of the century. Each of the eight chapters tells an exciting story of early industrial struggle for workers' rights, from the Massachusetts mills and Pennsylvania coal mines to the New York newsie strike and Mother Jones.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Kids on strike!
In her second book, Domestic Allegories of Political Desire: The Black Heroine's Text at the
Turn of the Century (1992), Tate turned her attention to the domestic fiction of African-American women in the post-Reconstruction era.
Claudia Tate: in memoriam
The area was previously mined for copper and nickel around the
turn of the century.
Untapped PGM exploration areas
Turn of the Century Voodoo practitioners such as Doctor John, Marie LaVeau and Mammy Pleasant have a special place in my reference library right next to Chaucer, Milton and Shakespeare.
Voodoomation: The Book of Foretelling
Germans and Poles especially had begun to demand equality of representation within the hierarchy by the
turn of the century, and many Italians expressed alienation by following folk practices and generally ignoring the official cult.
Plus Ca Change: Has American Religion Changed during the Past Century?
Honoring this intriguing, almost magical number and linking it to this recent
turn of the century, various lists of the best 100 books of these past 100 years have emerged.
ODDS & ENDS
At the
turn of the century, misled conservationists would have had us forego the joys of a Christmas tree.
The gift that changed christmas
Like about now, for example, at the
turn of the century.
On Looking Back
The rise of educational missions offered Southern Baptist women a great opportunity in China at the
turn of the century. Historically speaking, the most common public profession for women was to become teachers especially at the primary and secondary levels.
Diversifying the operation: Southern Baptist Missions in China at the turn of the century 1890-1910