Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: scope and argument of the book 1
5. The conditions for child poverty: context and chronology 9
6. A fit occupation for children? Children and work 31
7. Workers of the future: the education of children 45
8. Discovering child poverty: child poverty and the family to 1945 55
9. Rediscovering child poverty: child poverty and policy from 1945 89
10. Conclusion: child poverty on the agenda 115
11. References 123
12. Index 137