04589nam 2200877Ia 450 991078271080332120230912144909.01-282-85581-697866128558180-7735-6326-110.1515/9780773563261(CKB)1000000000713730(SSID)ssj0000281505(PQKBManifestationID)11221694(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281505(PQKBWorkID)10306667(PQKB)10071742(CaPaEBR)400410(Au-PeEL)EBL3331041(CaPaEBR)ebr10141712(CaONFJC)MIL285581(OCoLC)929121145(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/n9bdn7(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400410(MiAaPQ)EBC3331041(DE-B1597)656195(DE-B1597)9780773563261(MiAaPQ)EBC3245357(EXLCZ)99100000000071373020050502d1992 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe little slaves of the harp[electronic resource] Italian child street musicians in nineteenth-century Paris, London, and New York /John E. ZucchiMontreal London McGill-Queen's University Pressc1992viii, 208 p., [8] p. of plates ill. ;24 cmMcGill-Queen's studies in ethnic historyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-1755-3 0-7735-0890-2 Includes bibliography and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Emigration and the Street Music Trade -- “Les Petits Italiens” in Paris -- “The Organ Boys” in London -- “The Little Slaves” in New York -- Italian Legislation 1868-1873 -- Conclusion -- Sample Contracts between a Padrone and a Parent -- The Italian Law to Prohibit the Employment of Children in Itinerant Trades, 21 December 1873, no. 1733 (series 11) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThe padrone were often known to the families of the children or were from the same villages. While some were cruel exploiters who compelled obedience through terror and abuse - a view promoted by a few, well-publicized cases - the lot of most of these children was similar to that of child apprentices and helpers in other trades. Public reactions to the child performers were different in each city and reflected the host society's view of the influx of foreign immigrants in general. Although England, France, and the United States developed legislation in the mid-nineteenth century to deal with children in factories, they did not attempt to regulate children in street trades until later in the century because they saw the work as a form of begging. The battle to get Italian child musicians off the street dragged on for years before legislation and new work opportunities - often as onerous as or worse than street performing - directed the children into new trades.McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.Child laborFranceParisHistory19th centuryChild laborEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryChild laborNew York (State)New YorkHistory19th centuryStreet musicFranceParisHistory19th centuryStreet musiciansFranceParisHistory19th centuryStreet musicEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryStreet musiciansEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryStreet musicNew York (State)New YorkHistory19th centuryStreet musiciansNew York (State)New YorkHistory19th centuryChild musiciansHistory19th centuryItalyEmigration and immigrationHistory19th centuryChild laborHistoryChild laborHistoryChild laborHistoryStreet musicHistoryStreet musiciansHistoryStreet musicHistoryStreet musiciansHistoryStreet musicHistoryStreet musiciansHistoryChild musiciansHistory362.7/99Zucchi John136237MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782710803321The little slaves of the harp3703299UNINA