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Sub-Categories in Labor

Canada@ (5) Industrial Revolution@ (15) Labor Movement (13) Slavery@ (4)

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (7) United Kingdom@ (8) United States@ (23)

Web Sites in Category Labor

Bread and Roses: The Lost Histories of a Slogan and a Poem - Long thought to have been inspired by the 1912 strike by textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, James Oppenheim's poem was actually inspired by earlier labor struggles.

Child Labour 1750-1850 - Extensive treatment of the topic, from the Encyclopaedia of British History.

Labor Arts - Virtual museum exhibiting and cataloging the art of the labor movement and working people. Collections include parades, cartoon art on labor themes, and buttons and badges.

Labour History Research Index - Center for research into labour history; site features include annotated link directory, research tools, and guide to libraries and archive collections.

Smithsonian Magazine: Hell's Bells - Includes several articles on labor conditions in the 19th century.

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