Title Flesh & blood so cheap [Boundless electronic resource] : the Triangle fire and its legacy / Albert Marrin.

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First edition.

Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations
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.
Summary	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.
Audience	1000 Lexile.
	1000L Lexile
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 6 142481
	Accelerated Reader MG 7.4 6 142481
Summary	Describes the conditions in the textile industry in the early twentieth century behind the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that led to the death of many young women, and explains its impact on the labor movement and on society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-177) and index.
Contents	Prelude : the tragic heart -- Huddled masses -- Into the magic cauldron -- Flesh and blood so cheap -- An overflow of suffering : uprising of the 20,000 -- The third gate : fire at the triangle -- A stricken conscience -- The price of liberty.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911 -- Juvenile literature.
	Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911.
	Triangle Shirtwaist Company.
	Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire (1911)
Chronological Term	1898-1999
Subject	Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century.
	Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	Clothing factories -- Safety measures.
	Industrial safety.
	New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile literature.
	Triangle Shirtwaist Company -- Fire, 1911.
	Clothing factories -- New York (State) -- New York -- Safety measures -- History -- 20th century.
	Industrial safety -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
	New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
	New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
	New York (State) -- New York.
Genre	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Title	Flesh and blood so cheap
Other Form:	Print version: Marrin, Albert. Flesh & blood so cheap New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011 9780375968891 (DLC) 2010021533 (OCoLC)635461169
ISBN	9780307976604 : $47.97
	0307976602 : $47.97

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