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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826417803321

Autore

Ipsen Carl

Titolo

Italy in the age of Pinocchio : children and danger in the liberal era / / Carl Ipsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36965-9

9786611369651

1-4039-8302-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Italian and Italian American studies

Disciplina

362.70945/09034

Soggetti

Poor children - Italy - History - 19th century

Poor children - Services for - Italy - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Pinocchio, Child in Danger/Dangerous Child -- 1 Abandoned Children -- 2 Emigrating Children -- 3 Working Children -- 4 Children behind Bars: Reformatories and Juvenile Delinquency -- 5 Salviamo il fanciullo! -- Epilogue: From Pinocchio to Cuore, Children inside the Margins -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

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.