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Item Nr: B 112829 Title: Flesh & Blood So Cheap
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Marrin, Albert
Length: 182 Prod/Pub: Alfred Knopf
Copyright: 2011 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  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. Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire, 1911. Primary Sources. Industrial safety History. AR 7.4. RC 8.5. Lexile 1000. IL 7-10.

  Subjects:
  400 - DISASTERS
  486 - FACTORIES
  502 - FIRE
  616 - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION
  667 - LABOR AND LABORING CLASSES
  668 - LABOR UNIONS
  1680 - LEXILE 1000-1099
  800 - NEW YORK (CITY)
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  1613 - REQUEST--AEA
  1005 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1121 - U.S.--HISTORY--1898-1919