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.

Autorentext
CARL IPSEN is Associate Professor of History, Indiana University, USA.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Introduction: Pinocchio, Child in Danger/Dangerous Child Abandoned Children Emigrating Children Working Children Children Behind Bars: Reformatories and Juvenile Delinquency Salviamo il fanciullo! Epilogue: From Pinocchio to Cuore, Children Inside the Margins Bibliography