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ERIC Number: EJ638921
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0882-2840
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Organize! A Look at Labor History in Young Adult Books.
Overstreet, Deborah Wilson
ALAN Review, v29 n1 p60-66 Fall 2001
Explores how labor history has been written in books for young readers. Discusses 12 books that focus on the "monstrous working conditions, the miserable poverty of the workers, and the callous apathy of the bosses." Notes that these novels avoid any meaningful discussion of the inherent injustices of capitalism, class structure, and the belief in social and economic Darwinism. (SG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Labor Relations, Secondary Education, Social Problems, Unions, United States History, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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