Flesh & Blood So Cheap
The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 25 cm
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
Contents:
Prelude : 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.
Subjects:
Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Teen literature.
Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Teen literature.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Teen literature.
Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1000L
ISBN:
9780375968891 (lib. bdg.)
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T HISTORY Mar | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Mar | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Mar | Southeast | Teen Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [164]-167) and index.