America and Lewis Hine

New York, NY: Aperture. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0893810088 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean, with the exception of some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners, along with a very small chip to the top rear panel. "In 1908, Hine became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) , leaving his teaching position. Over the next decade, Hine documented child labor, with focus on the use of child labor in the Carolina Piedmont, [3] to aid the NCLC's lobbying efforts to end the practice. In 1913, he documented child laborers among cotton mill workers with a series of Francis Galton's composite portraits. Hine's work for the NCLC was often dangerous. As a photographer, he was frequently threatened with violence or even death by factory police and foremen. At the time, the immorality of child labor was meant to be hidden from the public. Photography was not only prohibited but also posed a serious threat to the industry. To gain entry to the mills, mines and factories, Hine was forced to assume many guises. At times he was a fire inspector, postcard vendor, bible salesman, or even an industrial photographer making a record of factory machinery. " (from Wikipedia) .