Flesh and blood so cheap : the Triangle fire and its legacy
Title
:
Flesh and blood so cheap : the Triangle fire and its legacy
Author
:
Marrin, Albert, author.
ISBN
:
9780553499353
Edition
:
First Yearling edition
Publication Information
:
[NY] : Yearling Books, 2015.
Physical Description
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182 p. : ill. ; 21 x 24 cm.
Contents
:
From the ashes -- Huddled masses -- Into the magic cauldron -- Flesh and blood so cheap -- An overflow of suffering: the uprising of the twenty thousand -- The third gate: fire at the Triangle -- A stricken conscience -- The price of liberty.
Reading Level
:
1000 L Lexile
Corporate Subject
:
Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911.
Subject Term
:
Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century.
Labor laws and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Fires -- Casualties -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
Women clothing workers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Child labor -- New York (State) -- New York.
Summary
:
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers on 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
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| Stillwater Public Library | J 974.7 MAR | Checked Out |