Italy in the Age of Pinocchio: Children and Danger in the Liberal Era (Italian and Italian American Studies)

Detailing the development of a new Western attitude to children and their place in society, this book tells the story of Italy's forgotten children at the end of the nineteenth century - foundlings, street children, factory and mine workers, emigrants and delinquents - and illustrates the efforts of the recently unified Italian state to help them. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures and Tables......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction: Pinocchio, Child in Danger/Dangerous Child......Page 12 1 Abandoned Children......Page 26 2 Emigrating Children......Page 62 3 Working Children......Page 96 4 Children behind Bars: Reformatories and Juvenile Delinquency......Page 134 5 Salviamo il fanciullo!......Page 176 Epilogue: From Pinocchio to Cuore, Children inside the Margins......Page 208 Notes......Page 218 Works Cited......Page 246 B......Page 264 C......Page 265 F......Page 266 I......Page 267 M......Page 268 P......Page 269 S......Page 270 T......Page 271 Z......Page 272

Detailing the development of a new Western attitude about children and their place in society, this book tells the story of Italy's forgotten children at the end of the nineteenth century—foundlings, street children, factory and mine workers, emigrants and delinquents—and illustrates the efforts of the recently unified Italian state to help them.