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Child Apprenticeship

Child Apprenticeship is a historical practice within the broader institution of apprenticeship wherein minors were formally bound to a trade or occupation under supervised training, distinguished by the legal and social frameworks governing the labor and education of children in pre-industrial and early industrial societies.

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Learning to Labour: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs

Tony Jefferson, Paul Willis, David Ashton et al. · British Journal of Sociology · 1979 · 671 citations

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A History of Childhood. Children and Childhood in the West from Medieval to Modern Times

Barbara Boock, Colin Heywood · Lied und populäre Kultur / Song and Popular Culture · 2002 · 501 citations

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"The Exploitation of Little Children": Child Labor and the Family Economy in the Industrial Revolution

Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries · Explorations in Economic History · 1995 · 212 citations

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The Later Careers of Boys Who Were Early- or Late-Maturing

Mary C. Jones · Child Development · 1957 · 118 citations

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Explaining Aspects of the Transition to Adulthood in Italy, Sweden, Germany, and the United States: A Cross-Disciplinary, Case Synthesis Approach

Thomas D. Cook, Frank F. Furstenberg · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 2002 · 106 citations

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Authors

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  1. DF
    David F. Lancy

    Utah State University, United States

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  2. AL
    Alysa Levene

    Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  3. FF
    Frank F. Furstenberg

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  4. TD
    T. D. COOK

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  5. SI
    Sarah I. Vondracek

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 66 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    480 citations

  2. Osnabrück University

    Osnabrück, Germany

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    52 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  4. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. College of New Jersey

    Ewing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  7. University of Toledo

    Toledo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Footscray Hospital

    Footscray, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 98 citations

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  2. Sex Roles

    3 publications · 92 citations

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  4. Social History of Medicine

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  5. The Economic History Review

    2 publications · 87 citations

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