The glass house boys of Pittsburgh : law, technology, and child labor.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was leading the nation in glass production, and glass bottle plants in particular relied heavily on 'glass house boys' for their manufacturing process. As a result, Pennsylvania lawmakers lagged far behind the rest of the nation in enacting laws to reduce the use of children in industry. Here, Flannery reveals the many societal, economic, and political factors at work that allowed for the perpetuation of child labor in this industry and region.